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Chapter 10

Author: Heidi Lannister
last update publish date: 2026-06-18 20:20:02

ALEC

I can't breathe.

The pink swan is still in the water, but she's changing again. Her beautiful rose-gold feathers are receding, shrinking back into her skin. Her neck is shortening, her wings folding into shoulders. It's painful to watch. I can see it in the way her body convulses, the way her head thrashes. She's not in control. She's drowning in her own transformation.

"She's going to hurt herself," I say, my voice tight.

Raymond grabs my arm. "Alec, wait. Think about this. You don't eve
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