CHAPTER 81

MIA'S POVThe enforcer's blade was buried in Axel's throat and blood poured from the wound, dark and thick, pooling on the ground beneath him. His eyes were open but unseeing and staring at nothing.He was dead. Not unconscious or pretending. Like, actually dead."No," I whispered. Then louder: "NO!"My power surged inside me, wild and uncontrolled. I could feel reality bending around me, responding to my rage and grief. The air crackled with energy. The ground beneath my feet started to crack."Mia, don't!" Erina grabbed my arm. "You're too weak! If you lose control now, you'll kill all of us!"But I couldn't hear her. Couldn't think past the sight of Axel lying there, his blood soaking into the dirt. He'd promised. He'd promised he'd come back.The Elite Enforcer that had killed him yanked its blade free from his body. It turned toward Marcus, who was still gripping its arm, still glowing with that strange blue light."Release," the enforcer commanded in its mechanical voice."Not

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CHAPTER 82

MIA'S POV"Did it work?" Axel gasped, his voice barely a whisper.I couldn't speak. Could only nod as tears streamed down my face. He was alive. Somehow, impossibly, he was alive."The enforcer's blade missed your jugular," Erina said, kneeling beside us. She was examining his throat wound with clinical precision. "By millimeters. You bled a lot, but it wasn't fatal. You just passed out from blood loss.""Felt pretty fatal," Axel muttered. He tried to sit up and immediately winced. "How long was I out?""Maybe five minutes," Walter said. "Long enough for us to think you were dead. Long enough for Mia to almost erase half the enforcers in existence."Axel looked at me. At the blood still dripping from my nose. At the way my hands were shaking. "You used your power. Too much of it.""You were dead," I said. "Or I thought you were. I didn't care about the cost.""You should always care about the cost." He reached up with his good hand, wiped the blood from under my nose. "Can't save the

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