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Author: FRANKOPHONE
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Ronan's POV

"Maya, I've been teaching at this university for five years. I've never, not once, felt anything inappropriate for a student. But you..." I shook my head, frustrated by my inability to find the right words. "From the moment I saw you in that hallway with Jaxon, something inside me recognized you. The mate bond hit me like a freight train."

"Professor Ronan..."

"Just Ronan," I said softly. "When we're alone like this, you don't have to use my title."

She bit her lower lip, a g
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    Maya's POV Dawn broke over the city in shades of pink and gold, beautiful and terrible. We sat in Ronan's car three blocks from the Purge Initiative headquarters, watching the sunrise and knowing some of us might not see another."The building is surrounded," Ronan said, lowering his binoculars. "News vans, protesters, police barricades. They've turned this into a spectacle."I could see it even from here. Crowds had gathered on both sides of the street. Some held signs saying "Protect Humanity" and "End the Monster Threat." Others carried signs reading "Supernatural Rights" and "We Are All Human." The division was stark and frightening.News helicopters circled overhead like vultures. Camera crews set up positions at every angle. The Purge Initiative had orchestrated this perfectly. A public execution broadcast to the world, legitimized by the appearance of due process and public support."There she is," Lucien said quietly.I followed his gaze to the building's facade. Through mass

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    Ronan's POV They stayed like that for a moment, and I felt something twist in my chest. Not jealousy exactly. More like bittersweet acceptance.Maya pulled back and looked at all of us. "So we have what? Vampires, werewolves, DSA equipment. How many fighters total?"I did the math in my head. "Five vampires including Selene. Five werewolves from Jaxon's father's pack. The four of us. Fourteen total.""Against how many hunters?" Lucien asked."The Purge Initiative has at least two hundred trained operatives based on the files I stole," I said grimly. "Plus whatever local hunters they can recruit. We're looking at overwhelming odds.""We've faced worse," Jaxon said. Though I wasn't sure when.Maya stood and walked to the window, looking out at the dark parking lot. "Fourteen fighters. Most of us are exhausted or injured. Going up against hundreds of trained hunters in their own headquarters." She turned back to us, and despite everything, she was smiling. "I like our chances.""You're

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    Ronan's POV We regrouped at a rundown motel on the outskirts of town. The kind of place that didn't ask questions when four people covered in dust and blood paid cash for two rooms. Maya collapsed onto one of the beds immediately, barely conscious. Lucien sat against the wall, still recovering. Jaxon paced like a caged animal.And I stared at Isabella's message, reading it over and over, hoping the words would change.They didn't."We have to save her," Maya said quietly. Her eyes were closed but she wasn't sleeping. "Sarah doesn't deserve to die.""It's a trap." Lucien's voice was weak but certain. "The Purge Initiative knows you'll come. They're using Sarah as bait to draw you out."Maya's eyes snapped open. "I don't care.""You should care." Lucien pushed himself up straighter, wincing at the movement. "You have a five million dollar bounty on your head. They'll sacrifice one supernatural student if it means capturing the White Luna. The moment you show your face, every hunter in

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    Jaxon'sPOV"Love?" She looked up at me, confused and vulnerable."You love him, Maya. That's why your power is out of control. You're terrified of losing him." I squeezed her shoulder. "But love isn't just the terror of loss. It's also a sacrifice. Trust. Choosing to save someone even when it costs you something."The warehouse groaned again. We were out of time."I just gave blood to the vampire I hate most in this world," I continued. "Because saving him means protecting you from the pain of losing him. That's love too. Not romantic love, but something just as real. Understanding what matters and acting on it."Maya's eyes widened with understanding. I could see the shift happening inside her. The wild panic in her expression began to calm.She looked at me, really looked at me. "You sacrificed for him. For me.""We're pack, Maya. All of us. Even the bloodsucker." I managed a small smile. "Now save his life so I don't regret wasting perfectly good werewolf blood."She actually laugh

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    Jaxon's POV Time stopped. I watched Viktor's hand withdraw from Lucien's chest in horrible slow motion. Blood, dark and thick, poured from the wound. Lucien's eyes were wide with shock, his mouth open in a silent scream.Then he collapsed.The sound of his body hitting the concrete snapped time back to normal speed. Everything happened at once.Maya screamed. Not a normal scream. This was something primal, torn from the deepest part of her soul. The sound made my wolf howl in distress inside my mind.Power erupted from her like a nuclear explosion.Silver-white light blazed outward in every direction. The metal walls of the warehouse groaned and buckled. Windows that were already broken shattered into finer pieces. The concrete floor cracked beneath her feet, fissures spreading outward like lightning."No, no, no, no!" Maya was on her knees beside Lucien, her hands hovering over his chest. Blood soaked through his shirt, spreading impossibly fast. "You can't die. You can't."Viktor l

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    Maya's POV But I couldn't stop. The grief was too big, too overwhelming. It was eating me alive from the inside out, and the power was eating everything else.I saw another flash of Lyralei. She was older now, wild-eyed and covered in blood. Thousands of vampires lay dead around her. An entire army was destroyed. And she was laughing and crying at the same time, completely mad with grief and power."I couldn't save them," she whispered to no one. "So I'll avenge them. Every last bloodsucker will pay."She'd lost herself completely to the grief. Let it consume her until there was nothing left but rage and pain and death.That's what would happen to me. I could feel it. The grief was pulling me down into a dark place where nothing mattered except the pain. Where I'd destroy everything and everyone, just like Lyralei had."Maya!" A different voice now. Lucien. "Maya, listen to me!"I opened my eyes. The world was bleached white with power. I could barely see through the storm of energy

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