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53. The Least I Can Do
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2026-07-27 16:35:00I stared at him, my mind struggling to keep pace with what he was telling me. A stranger. A man I'd known for barely a week, whose full name I'd only learned from a badge clipped to his coat. And he'd gone this far to shield me from exposure, without asking a single thing in return until now.
"Why?" I asked again, quieter this time, some of the fight draining out of my voice. "Why wou
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Too Late To Claim Me 64. What He'll Hold Onto
The afternoon moved into the garden.Caelum tore through the grass, chasing butterflies and grasshoppers, shrieking with the particular joy only a five-year-old can produce over an insect that keeps escaping him just out of reach. Marcus sat beside me on the porch steps, watching with a quiet, contented smile that seemed to settle deeper into his face the longer he watched."He's happy," Marcus said. "Truly happy. Do you know how rare that is, for a child carrying what he carries?"I nodded, my chest tightening. "I try to give him as much normal as I can manage. Playgrounds, cartoons, waffles on Sunday mornings. But I know it won't last. Not forever. Not with the Order still out there, still looking."
Too Late To Claim Me 63. The Best Day Ever.
Morning arrived soft and gold through the curtains, and I woke feeling strangely rested despite everything that had happened the night before.Maybe it was exhaustion finally catching up with me. Or maybe it was knowing Marcus was coming over today.I hadn't told Caelum yet. I wanted it to be a surprise."Mommy!" His voice rang out from the hallway, followed by the thunder of small feet closing in fast. "Mommy, are you awake?"I sat up, smiling despite myself. "Yes, baby. I'm up."He burst through the door, hair a mess, gray eyes bright, still in pajamas printed with tiny wolves. "Guess what! Guess what! Grandma Mara said we're having a visitor today! Is it the hero doctor? Please say it's the hero doctor."A laugh escaped me before I could stop it. "Yes, baby. The hero doctor's coming to visit."He let out a whoop and launched himself onto the bed, arms wrapping tight around my neck. "I knew it! I knew it! I want to show him my drawings! And my stuffed wolf! And the book Grandma Mara
Too Late To Claim Me 62. Ten Steps Ahead.
I pulled out my phone and dialed Dorian. It went straight to voicemail.I tried again. Nothing.A third time. Still nothing."She's not picking up." My heart was racing now, full panic edging in around every rational thought I tried to hold onto. "What if something happened to them? What if he found them first, before he ever found me?""Don't jump to conclusions yet." Mara's voice stayed tight with worry despite the words, like she was fighting to believe her own reassurance as much as offering it to me. "There could be a reasonable explanation. A dead radio. A bad signal out that far from the road."
Too Late To Claim Me 61. How Easy It Would Be
I drove home in a daze, lucky I didn't put the car in a ditch somewhere along the way.His words wouldn't leave me alone. They played on a loop, over and over, louder than the road noise, louder than my own thoughts trying to argue back.You're weak. Foolish. Desperate.Your mother was just like you. She died because she was too foolish to see the trap. Just like you didn't see this one either.My knuckles had gone white on the wheel. Every muscle in my body ached from hours of chasing a shadow through wilderness that never seemed to end, but the physical pain was nothing next to the hollow ache sitting in my chest.I'd been played. Used. Led on a hunt by someone who wanted nothing more than to watch me unravel.And I'd walked right into it, eyes wide open, like I hadn't learned a single thing in five years.Like mother, like daughter.The thought made me want to scream into the empty car.I pulled into my driveway as the first gray light of dawn crept over the horizon. The house sat
Too Late To Claim Me 60. The Villain's Game
Unknown POVI stood from the shadow and watched asshe droveaway.She looked exhausted with her shoulders slumped, and her steps dragging.Thisgirl had followed me through the wilderness with such a fierce determination, until she had finally run out of steam.But she'd made it. She'd survivedit and itwas more than I'd expected.I run between the trees, stood in the shadows and watched her car disappear down the winding road.I allowed myself a small smile.What a fool she was, I thought
Too Late To Claim Me 59. The Hunter's Game
AriaThe figure stepped into the moonlight, and for one breathless moment, I had thought that I was looking at a ghost.He was tall and broad-shouldered, with his face half-hidden in the shadow. He held himself, like a man who'd spent his entire life expecting to be attacked."Who are you?" I called out, trying to keep my voice calm. "Why did you bring me here?"The figure didn't answer."Who are you?" I called out again, my voice sounding steadier and calmer than I felt.The figure didn't answer. He just simply turned and began walking away, he then disappeared into the shadows of the ruins."Wait!" I rushed forward, my heart pounding fast. "Please, I just want to talk!"But he kept walking, his footsteps were silent on the broken stones. I followed him, my legs carrying me forward before my mind even could catch up."Please," I called out again. "I already came all this way. I just want to know who you are. Please I just want to know what you know."There was still no answer. The
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