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CHAPTER 18

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(Cullen’s POV)

I returned back to base to heal.

I couldn't sleep.

The wound burned, but it was nothing compared to the quiet tearing through my head. Every sound in the pack grounds felt louder than it should have been. Every shadow felt like it was watching me, stalking me.

Séraphine was gone.

Not dragged. Not bleeding. Not screaming.

Gone on purpose.

Intentionally.

I stood in the war room with my side freshly bound, my shirt hanging loose, blood already dried along the fabric. The guards stood in a line before me. No one spoke. They didn’t need to. I could smell the fear on them.

“Start talking,” I said.

One stepped forward. “Alpha… she didn’t fight us.”

That was worse.

“She wore the mask,” he continued. “She said you sent her.”

My jaw tightened in anger.

“She said you wanted to test our loyalty,” another added. “She told us to stand down.”

I exhaled slowly
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