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CHAPTER 149

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“Lucy!”

Austin’s voice tore through the storm.

He slammed open the mansion door, rainwater splashing against the marble as thunder cracked like a whip overhead. His heart was pounding so hard he could barely breathe. He had felt it, something wrong. A pull in his chest he couldn’t explain. And now, the study door was half open, the smell of smoke crawling through the air like a warning.

“Lucy!” he called again, his boots echoing through the hall.

When he stepped inside the study, the world seemed to freeze.

The shattered window. The broken glass glittering under the stormlight. The overturned chair.

And there, on the floor, Lucy, motionless, pale, her hair spread out like spilled ink against the marble.

“God, no.”

Austin dropped to his knees, lifting her gently. Her pulse, faint, but there. Relief hit him like lightning. He cradled her against his chest, shaking her slightly. “Lucy, wake up… come on, baby, wake up.”

Her eyelids fluttered weakly. “A… Austin?”

“I’m here,” he said hoarse
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