LorienI jolted awake, drenched in sweat and tangled in stiff hospital sheets. My chest was heaving, lungs burning, and my mouth was dry like ash. “Cassius!” I gasped, the name tearing out of my throat like a scream. “Where—where is he?”“Calm down, Lorien,” a familiar voice said gently. Antoinette.I turned sharply, pain flaring through my side, and that’s when I noticed the IV in my arm and the soft beep of machines nearby. “Where the hell is he?” I rasped, trying to sit up, but Antoinette rushed to my side, holding me down.“Please, breathe. You’re safe now.”Safe? That word meant nothing to me without Cassius beside me. “Don’t lie to me!” I cried out, my voice cracking from the weight of everything I’d just relived in my sleep. “Where is Cassius? Is he okay? Tell me!”Antoinette’s face faltered. His eyes darted away, lips parting as if to deliver another line of comfort, but I saw the hesitation. That pause lit something explosive in my chest.“I swear to the Moon Goddess,” I grow
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