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Unexpected circumstances

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Kael's pov

The change hits me before the sound does. It starts low in my spine, a sharp tightening like every muscle has decided to brace at once. The air thickens.

My teeth ache. That’s always the first sign. The wolf does not like what’s coming.

Maia stops walking.

She just slows, then stills, her body going alert in a way that has nothing to do with fear and everything to do with instinct.

“You feel it too,” I say.

She nods once. Her hand slides back until her fingers brush mine, deliberate and grounding. She does not look at me. Her eyes are on the dark stretch of trees ahead.

We should not be here.

The ruins are quiet in the way predators choose silence. Broken stone juts from the ground like old bones. Moonlight spills unevenly through the canopy, silvering the leaves, catching on Maia’s hair. She looks unreal like this. Too calm. Too composed. Like she belongs to a different world than the one I keep bleeding into.

“Something’s wrong,” I say.

She exhales slowly. “Something’s cl
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  • The cursed mate's return    Intimate till the end

    Kael's povThe first thing that hit me was the smell. Maia spun and I didn’t have to look at her to know. I felt it in my spine, the way my muscles went tight without asking permission.The part of me I never talked about stirred, annoyed at being woken, alert in a way nothing modern ever triggered.“We’re not alone,” I said.She nodded once. Calm on the surface. Too calm. Her fingers brushed my wrist, not to hold me back, but to remind me she was there.The tunnel opened into a wide chamber carved straight into rock. No lights except what leaked in from above through a cracked ceiling. Moonlight. Enough to turn shadows into teeth.“Kael,” Maia said quietly, “don’t shift.”I almost laughed. Almost.“Wasn’t planning to,” I said. “But tell your voice to stop shaking.”She hated when I noticed things like that. The figure stepped into the light.He smiled like he knew me.“That’s disappointing,” he said. “I was hoping you’d lead with violence.”Maia stiffened beside me. “Who are you?”Th

  • The cursed mate's return    Unexpected circumstances

    Kael's povThe change hits me before the sound does. It starts low in my spine, a sharp tightening like every muscle has decided to brace at once. The air thickens.My teeth ache. That’s always the first sign. The wolf does not like what’s coming.Maia stops walking.She just slows, then stills, her body going alert in a way that has nothing to do with fear and everything to do with instinct.“You feel it too,” I say.She nods once. Her hand slides back until her fingers brush mine, deliberate and grounding. She does not look at me. Her eyes are on the dark stretch of trees ahead.We should not be here.The ruins are quiet in the way predators choose silence. Broken stone juts from the ground like old bones. Moonlight spills unevenly through the canopy, silvering the leaves, catching on Maia’s hair. She looks unreal like this. Too calm. Too composed. Like she belongs to a different world than the one I keep bleeding into.“Something’s wrong,” I say.She exhales slowly. “Something’s cl

  • The cursed mate's return    Narrow way

    Kael’s POVI know something is wrong before I understand why.It starts with my skin tightening, the way it does when a storm is coming or blood is about to be spilled. The corridor we’re moving through is too quiet. Maia is walking a step ahead of me.That alone sets me on edge.She never does that unless she’s angry or trying not to show she’s scared.Her shoulders are stiff, her hands clenched, dark hair falling loose down her back. She looks solid. Controlled. But I can feel the tension rolling off her like heat. It prickles under my skin, crawls along my spine.I slow my pace.“Maia,” I say.She doesn’t turn.“I’m fine,” she answers too quickly.That confirms it.We round the corner and the space opens into a wide loading bay, half-lit, concrete floors stained with oil.I step closer to her, lowering my voice. “We’re not alone.”She exhales through her nose. “I know.”Before I can ask how, the doors slam shut behind us.Metal on metal. Heavy. Final.Maia spins, hand lifting inst

  • The cursed mate's return    Man like wolf

    Kael's povThe change always starts in my hands. Then like something inside me waking up and stretching after a long sleep. I keep my fingers curled tight as I move through the narrow service corridor, breathing through my teeth, counting steps to keep control.Maia is ahead of me. She does not look back, but she knows. She always knows.“Don’t,” she says quietly. Not a command. A plea.I slow, forcing the heat down. The wolf hates enclosed spaces. Hates uncertainty. Hates anything that smells like threat and loss. This place reeks of both.We are not alone and I can hear it.I lift my hand once and Maia stops. Her shoulders tense but she does not turn. She trusts me with this part. I trust her with everything else.The corridor opens into a wide maintenance chamber, dim and empty at first glance. Metal racks line the walls. Old equipment. Dust. Cold air.Then I catch the scent.He steps out from behind the racks as if he has been standing there the whole time.Dark hair tied back. Hi

  • The cursed mate's return    Moving figures

    Kael's PovI knew something was wrong the moment the air shifted. The kind of wrong my body recognized before my mind caught up.Maia halted in a distance. Her hand slid back until her fingers brushed mine, not gripping, not warning, just checking that I was there. That alone set my nerves on edge. Maia didn’t check unless she already knew the answer scared her.“You feel it,” I said quietly.She nodded once.The corridor ahead narrowed, not structurally, but in the way a forest narrows when something is watching you from the dark. The city had gone silent in a way I had never heard before. No distant transit hum. No mechanical breathing through the walls. Just emptiness stretching forward.I stepped half a pace in front of her without thinking. The instinct was older than reason. Wolf-brain, she used to tease. Protective to the point of stupidity.She didn’t stop me.That worried me more than if she had.The scent hit next.Metal. Ozone. And underneath it, something warm and animal,

  • The cursed mate's return    She hesitated immidiately.

    Kael's povThe change hits me before the sound does.It starts like a warning hum I have learned not to ignore. My heartbeat slows instead of racing. My hearing sharpens. Every footstep in the trees around the compound snaps into focus like someone turned a dial.Maia is still asleep.She is curled on her side on the narrow cot, hair loose, face turned toward the wall. The faint rise and fall of her back steadies me. For a moment I consider waking her anyway, just to hear her voice and remind myself she is real and here and breathing.I do not.If my instincts are right, we need seconds, not explanations.I slide off the cot without letting the metal frame creak. My boots are already laced. I grab my jacket, shrug it on, and step outside.Later that night, the perimeter lights flicker as I move along the outer path. The compound is quiet, too quiet for a place that has been running on nerves and half-sleep for days. I count the guards I can hear. Two fewer than there should be.That i

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