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The Memory Beneath the Skin

Author: Samuelade
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-31 20:36:27

RAE

I couldn’t move.

Not even after Luca’s hands dropped from the boy’s neck. Not after the others stepped away, still watching him like he might explode again. My legs were curled under me, my arms shaking from trying to protect my head. My heart pounded like it wanted to crack my ribs. All I could see were their faces. All I could hear were their words.

Omega. Bastard. Mutt.

The scent of my own fear clung to me. It was humiliating. Even more so now that half the class had seen me flinch and crumble and cower. I didn’t dare look at Luca or the other boy with the sharp jaw and cruel, curious eyes. Both of them stared at me like I’d opened a door they’d been waiting to walk through.

And then the real door opened again.

I smelled him before I saw him. That strange mix of books, firewood, and something warmer I didn’t know how to name. Cassian Rhys. My heart jumped, stupidly. I hadn’t even known he taught this class.

“What the hell is going on in here?” His voice cut through everything.
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