CHAPTER 196 – THE LINE DAMON CANNOT CROSSDamon reached for me first. His hand brushed my arm like he needed to feel I was still real. I could see the question in his eyes even before he spoke.“Ella, are you hurt?”His voice sounded tight, almost strained. The last attack had shaken him more than he wanted to admit. The mimic’s scream still echoed in my head, that strange metallic sound fading somewhere behind us in the dark hall.“I’m fine,” I said. “You?”He didn’t answer. Damon never admitted pain unless he was about to collapse. Instead he checked the path ahead, his jaw fixed hard like he was holding himself together by force.Aleksander moved closer. His breathing had slowed from the fight but his eyes stayed sharp. “It adapted faster this time,” he said. “It wasn’t attacking to kill. It was collecting data.”Damon stopped walking.“What data?” he asked.Aleksander hesitated. That alone made my stomach twist.“Ella,” he finally said. “It was studying you.”Damon turned so fast
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