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17. INFERNAL FURY.

Author: Abbywritess
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-30 00:13:38

AIDAN NIGHTINGALE.

Stirring awake, my eyes flung open and the first thing that came to my mind was looking beside me for Octavia but she was gone, she wasn’t where she was supposed to be.

Sleeping peacefully by my side.

“Octavia!” I called, tapping the bedside lamp on and sprinting to my feet as I walked to the bathroom, I could feel a crippling fear, something telling me that something was wrong.

It didn’t feel right but I didn’t want to heed to that feeling, my stomach curled and my wolf has never gotten so active so fast before.

She wasn’t in the bathroom and turning the bedroom lights on, I rushed down the stairs, hitting the bell as I paced around the large hall.

WHERE THE HELL DID SHE GO?!

I tried to smell her but even her scent was gone and there wasn’t even a slightest hint as to where she might be, I didn’t have her scent to follow too.

“Octavia is gone, FIND HER!” I barked when the men gathered in the hall and with that order, everyone dispersed, getting ready to carry out m
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