||Claire|| The silence in the cave was a thick, cold shroud, but beneath it, my strength surged. My Lycan, Hazel, was present, coiled inside me, restless and powerful. I needed to gauge her readiness, it was our only chance for escape. "Hazel." No reply. I pressed harder, "Hazel!" "Yes?" she whispered, a soft echo in the mind-link. "Can we shift and run?" "We can shift, but running is suicide. We need the pack. We need Mate." "Mate isn't coming," I grated, frustrated.. "He is here. I feel Havoc. They are close." My heart stuttered, then hammered a frantic, heavy rhythm against my ribs. I rose, pacing the small cell, waiting for the first sign of breach or battle. When the clamor finally came, the decision was instant: I had to fight my way to them. Hazel surged forward. In one brutal, deafening roar, I shifted and slammed my body into the iron bars, tearing through them like foil. I was out of the dungeon in a blur of claws and fury. Adrenaline guided my movem
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