JERRY’S POV__________________________________“Mom, it’s working!” I yell, my voice cracking over the dock’s roar, waves crashing below. My palm’s bleeding, dripping onto the pier’s carved wolf head, and the bloodstone map in my hand glows like fire. My alpha mark burns, like it’s tearing me apart, but I feel the wolf waking—strong, wild. Mom’s beside me, her face pale but fierce, barely standing after her coma. Sasha’s fighting off Damon’s guys, her knife flashing, and Levin’s down the pier, bleeding, gun empty, holding back the rest. Damon’s here, his cold eyes locked on me, and I know this ritual’s our last shot.“Keep going, kid!” Mom shouts, her voice rough, grabbing my shoulder. Her side’s bandaged, but she’s shaking. “You got this!”“It hurts!” I say, wincing as the mark pulses. “What if it kills me?”“It won’t!” she snaps, eyes blazing. “You’re my kid—tougher than this shit!” Her words hit hard, and I see her, years ago, when I was ten, sick as hell. She stayed up all night,
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