LILLIAN POVMy mother held me tightly, and Salome held my hand, while Lydia sat very close to me, staring at me with her wide eyes. Wanni stood by the door, as a silent, supportive presence. I had stopped crying. But I was really really numb to my bones.“I have made up my mind,” I said flatly. “I can not stay here.”“Lillian, please, just sleep on it,” Salome pleaded earnestly.“Sleep will not change the truth,” I said. “I saw him. I heard him. It is over.”Just then, we heard someone knocking on the chamber door.Everyone froze. And Salome’s head snapped up. “I….sensed Lucas.”My mother stood up with a scowl on her face. “I will get it.”She walked to the door and opened it just a crack and asked in a cold and sharp voice. “What are you doing here?”My heard stuttered. Andre.Then I noticed something. Something so shocking that it cut through the numbness. My wolf….it was silent. Completely still. For weeks, the bond had been a dull ache, a distant throb that was feeling wrong. But
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