And then a sound from outside drew all their attention back to the window. Aria moved forward cautiously and looked out across the empty meadow. For a moment, she saw nothing, just moonlight on grass and the distant line of trees marking the forest boundary. Then movement caught her eye, a figure standing at the very edge of the woods, too far away to make out details but close enough that she could feel his presence like pressure against her skin."The Alpha", The man from her window. Watching and waiting, patient in the way that predators are patient when they know their prey has nowhere left to run.Aria pressed her marked hand against the glass again, feeling the symbol pulse warmth into her palm. And despite her fear, despite her anger and resistance and determination to fight against this unwanted destiny, she felt something else stir within her. Recognition, yes, but also something deeper and more disturbing. A rightness to his presence, as though some part of her had been in
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