Maya's POVThe world vanished. One moment I stood inside the ruins.The next…Everything disappeared beneath a violent pull from the mate bond.The stone pillars. The shadows.Finn, and Ciara, and my siblings were gone.Darkness swallowed everything.Cold darkness. Then I saw him. My breath stopped."Lucien… My mate"He was on his knees. Heavy black-gold chains wrapped around his wrists, chest, and throat.Ancient runes glowed across the restraints, pulsing with cruel power.Blood stained the stone beneath him.Fresh blood.My heart shattered instantly."No."I rushed toward him.The moment I moved, an invisible barrier slammed into me.BOOM!Pain shot through my body. I staggered backward.The vision trembled. But the barrier remained keeping us apart, from reaching him, from saving him."Lucien!"His head lifted slowly. My mate's golden eyes found mine immediately.Relief flashed across his face. Like seeing me somehow made all of this worth enduring.That hurt more than anything."M
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