Liora’s P.O.V. Mate? That word hit me like a physical blow. It slammed into my chest, into my ribs, into the fragile walls I had built around my heart for five long years. My wolf, silent and resting, was jerked awake as if someone had poured fire into her veins. My heart stopped as, for one suspended, terrifying second, the world ceased to exist. And then... Cassian walked in, the broken doors hanging crookedly behind him. He stood at the entrance like a storm given flesh, shaking with fury. His eyes glowed a violent red as they scanned the room with lethal intent. The aura around him was suffocating, raw Alpha power rolling off him in waves that demanded submission. Even the air felt heavier, thicker, charged with authority. Two guards groaned somewhere on the floor, but I couldn’t hear them properly. My body reacted before my mind did. I stood up abruptly. And time… stopped as our gazes met, the world dissolving into nothing. There was no hate, no pain, no five years of
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