The third time it happened, Xandros knew the drill. The moment the moon’s shadow began to crawl across the sun, turning the world a sickly, twilight orange, a hook buried deep in his gut yanked him forward. It was a cosmic leash, unforgiving and absolute. He materialized from a wisp of shadow and smoke in a clearing of scorched earth and shattered pine, the air crackling with the eclipse’s unnatural energy.And there she was.Aurora stood across the clearing, braced against a lightning-blasted tree, her knuckles white. The sleek grey wolf was just beneath her skin, a tremor of raw power shaking her frame. Her amber eyes, glowing with their own inner light, locked onto him. There was no surprise in them anymore, only a blazing, furious recognition.“You,” she snarled, her voice a husky growl.“Me,” Xandros agreed, his own voice a low thrum of demonic resonance. He flexed his hands, the long, black claws extending and retracting. The pull was a physical ache, a compulsion to close the d
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