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The Shape-shifter

Autor: J. S. Lindsay
last update Última atualização: 2025-12-26 17:22:11

Kayla’s POV

I ran.

Branches tore at my clothes and slapped my face, but I only tightened my hold on Kaelith and kept moving. Her body hung limp in my arms, her head resting against my shoulder, her breath so faint I could barely feel it. My legs should have given out, yet they didn’t. Something else was moving me.

The voice.

Deep. Baritone. Heavy, like thunder trapped inside a cave. It slid into my bones and reverberated through them until my skull felt full of it.

“Kayla…”

It began the moment Veylor placed Kaelith in my arms.

My plan had been simple at first: hide her in my room, lock the door, and keep everyone away.

But the instant I reached the entrance, it happened.

“Kayla!”

I froze.

For a second I thought it was Veylor, or Corven, or even Tallis. I spun, searching the chaos, but they were still fighting and shouting, too consumed with tearing each other apart to notice anything else.

I turned to go inside the house.

“Kayla…”

This time it came like a breath against the back of m
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    Kayla laughed bitterly.“Why would I, Veylor? So you can finish what you started?”That was it.“Oh please,” I snapped. “Not again. Not again! I am sick and tired of asking the same question while everyone keeps accusing me without telling me anything. What have I done that I don’t know about?”Her lips curled. She stepped away from her door and walked right up to me, eyes sharp and unforgiving.“What haven’t you done?” she said coldly. “You’re the reason everything happened the way it did.”She scoffed, her gaze sweeping over me like she was searching for something and finding nothing.“I wonder what she ever saw in you that she let it happen.”Her words hit me like a blow to the chest.“Let what happen?” I shouted. “Oh my god. Oh my fucking god, Kayla!”I was panting now, my heart slamming hard against my ribs, veins buzzing like they were on fire. I forced myself to breathe in, then out.“Okay, Kayla,” I said, holding up a hand. “Let’s do it like this. No more beating around the bu

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