“No!” Reyes barked, voice thunderous and primal. His body quivered with fury, lips peeled back from sharp teeth. “She stays exactly where she is.” He fixed Triston with a fiery, defiant glare, his chest heaving. “She’s mine now, Elyrian. Marked and claimed. Step aside, return to your kingdom, she's not going anywhere with you.”Triston’s growl deepened, rising from his chest like a storm gathering force, a sound that rattled the very air in the space and seemed to shake the very walls of the castle, vibrating through the cracked stones and dust-choked air. His silver coat bristled, catching the light from the torches that lined the corridor, and his claws scraped against the marble as he stepped forward—slowly, deliberately—like death incarnate stalking its prey, muscles coiling beneath his fur like a predator on the verge of snapping. Every muscle in his massive frame coiled with lethal intent, his shoulders squared, body low to the ground in a hunter’s crouch. His head lowered but
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