LUCIA~I screamed so loud, I bet they could hear it for miles. But it wasn’t for him, it was for the lie Julius had fed me all along. The letters. Crumpled, ash-edged confessions Killian had shoved under my nose in this stinking mill chamber, shadows licking the walls like starving tongues.Julius knew.He knew his enemies wore his face to gut Teja, he’d burned the proof to bury his own sins. Mate bond be damned, how could I feel his rage echoing through the silver chains now, a phantom claw at my ribs.“Pathetic, isn’t it?” Killian’s voice cut the gloom. He leaned in, knife tracing my collarbone, nicking the mate mark. “Your Alpha’s a thief, stole my mate, my honor. Now he’ll watch me steal you.”“Steal me?” I spat blood, twisting against the chains. “You couldn’t steal a breath without your demon tricks. What’s wrong, Nightingale? Too scared to fight fair?”He laughed, thumb pressing my throat. “Fire like Teja’s. She screamed your name, ‘Run, Lucia!’ while his face watched her blee
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