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CHAPTER 26

Penulis: Janenazzyk
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The wind changed that night.

It was subtle at first. A shift in the air. A pressure that made my skin tighten and my heartbeat stumble. I stood on the broken rooftop long after everyone else had settled into uneasy sleep, watching the horizon like it might crack open and give me answers.

The bond under my skin stirred again.

Not violent. Not burning.

Awake.

I pressed a hand to my chest and closed my eyes. The pull wasn’t loud, but it was steady. Like distant footsteps growing closer with every breath.

Jake.

Behind me, I heard soft movement. Boots against concrete. I didn’t turn because I already knew who it was.

“You shouldn’t be up here alone,” Ivan said.

“I’m not alone,” I replied quietly. “I just feel like I am.”

He came to stand beside me, not touching, not too far either. The space between us felt heavy with things neither of us could fix.

“You felt it too,” I said.

“Yes.”

“How far is he.”

Ivan hesitated just long enough to answer honestly. “Too close.”

My throat tightened.

For a
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