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Chapter 106— We Bring Her Home
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The Alpha's Blood-Bound Prisoner Chapter 106— We Bring Her Home
Damien sat motionless for a long moment after he spoke her name.Sera watched her brother process the impossible weight of what he'd just said, watched old grief and fresh confusion war across his face in the candlelit war room. Kael's arms remained around her, steady and grounding, though she felt his attention split between comforting her and giving Damien the space he clearly needed."She died," Damien said again, quieter this time, as if repeating it might make sense of the contradiction. "Mum told me she died. I was eight. I remember the funeral, or what I thought was a funeral. There was a service. People cried.""Damien." Sera reached toward him, and he looked up, his dark eyes finding hers with genuine bewilderment."Why would Mum lie about that," he said. "Why would she tell us her own sister died if Wren was actually alive somewhere."Edda spoke carefully into the silence. "Perhaps because the truth was more dangerous than grief."Everyone looked at her."If Wren left to est
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The war room filled quickly once word spread that Sera had a plan.Riven arrived first, followed by Damien with a stack of maps under one arm, his expression carrying the particular focus he brought to anything involving family. Edda came last, her pale eyes already scanning the territorial charts Riven had spread across the central table.Kael stood beside Sera, his hand resting at the small of her back, though she could feel the tension coiled through him even in that simple contact."I want to attempt another vision," Sera said, once everyone had gathered. "Deliberately this time, rather than triggered by my mark burning unexpectedly."Kael's hand tightened slightly. "That's significantly more dangerous. The first vision happened involuntarily. We don't know what deliberately opening that connection might cost you.""I know." She met his eyes steadily. "But if I can control it, direct it, I might be able to gather more information. Location details. Confirmation of whether this per
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Sera's mark burned that night in a way it never had before.She woke up gasping, Kael already sitting up beside her, his hands finding her shoulders in the dark before she'd fully processed the pain radiating from her forearm."Sera. What's happening.""I don't know." She pressed her palm against the mark, feeling heat pulse beneath her fingers, sharper and more insistent than anything she'd experienced since the Hollow. "It just started. No warning."Kael's hand covered hers, and she felt the bond flare between them, gold light spilling across the darkened room from where her mark blazed brighter than she'd ever seen it."The transference ritual," he said slowly, understanding dawning in his voice. "If Caden is preparing to attempt it—""My blood would react," she finished, cold understanding settling through her despite the burning pain. "Like it's sensing preparation. Like it's already responding to something being built against it."They found Edda in the library within minutes, t
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The blindfold smelled like pine resin and something older. Something with no name in any world she had lived in before tonight.Sera counted seconds. Then minutes. Then she stopped counting because the numbers were not helping and what she needed right now was not comfort. She needed information. S
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