The intruder’s shadows recoiled slightly at Killian’s arrival, as though even darkness recognized the danger standing in the doorway.Lola’s fire still burned at her fingertips, trembling with exhaustion, yet refusing to die down. She looked from the stranger to Killian, her heart racing, torn between terror and a strange, raw exhilaration.The man chuckled, the sound sharp as shattered glass. “So the wolf thinks he can protect her. Adorable.”Killian’s growl reverberated through the room, low and primal. “Leave, before I tear you apart.”The man tilted his head, considering, then drew the hood fully back. His face was pale, unnervingly smooth, but the veins crawling along his jaw pulsed black as if corruption itself had taken root beneath his skin. His eyes were a void, swallowing the faint light that dared touch them.“I didn’t come to fight you,” he said calmly, though his shadows writhed like restless serpents. “I came for her.”He pointed directly at Lola.Something inside Killia
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