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Chapter 172
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2025-12-07 09:02:06** Paige’s POV **
The little house Midnight Pack assigned us is warmer than it looks from the outside, all old brick and papered walls, with thick rugs thrown over the creaking floorboards. It smells a little musty, but it’s clean and safe, and that’s all that really matters.
Poppy and Jake left a little while ago to help with the injured pack members still recovering from last night’s chaos. Remy, Ronnie and Leo were gone before I woke up, and Callen and Ryder have gone to meet with Josh. So it’s quiet here with just me, Parker and Jax.
I kneel beside the bathtub in the small but fully functioning bathroom. Jaxon sits inside. He’s small and quiet, knees pulled to his chest as I run warm water over his hair with a cup.
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** Paige’s POV **The walk back to Phoenix feels nothing like the one we made leaving it.Leaving was panic, chaos, running, then darkness for me. Going back feels heavier.Every step feels like wading through a swamp of last night’s fear, the fear of every member of our pack who fled in the dark with children clutched to their chests and wolves snarling. I feel all of it humming in my chest.The pack moves as a single unit, but the energy feels off. A full spectrum of emotions. People whisper. Wolves pace ahead in their shifted forms, ears pinned back. Mothers hold their kids closer than necessary. I feel every flicker of anxiety; it’s too much to ignore.I try to steady my breathing. The last thing I need is to worry them more by showing how scared I really am, or worse, by lighting up like a damn disco ball.Ryder walks at my side, Jaxon on his back, h
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** Paige’s POV **The world narrows to a single point of pressure in my chest.I don’t mean in a painful way. It’s more like… a pull. A thread tethered to something outside of this room, outside of me. A distant storm I can feel but not see. Every time I try to blink, my eyes don’t want to close all the way. My vision stays fixed on the invisible horizon beyond the wall.It’s like my body has decided it knows better than my mind. Like instinct has climbed into the driver’s seat, and I’m just coming along for the ride. ‘Mine.’ ‘Protect.’ ‘Strengthen.’ ‘Heal.’ ‘Comfort.’ The words float in my mind, but somehow they don’t feel like my own, not really.Parker’s warmth is the only thing anchoring me. With the solid weight of his body pressed to my back, his arms around me, Jaxon curled
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