KAI’S POVIf Dr. Voss wanted this to feel like a celebration. She should have tried less.The hall glittered with warm lights and gold-draped tables, music humming softly through hidden speakers, laughter echoing just a little too loud for a building this empty. Wolves clustered in loose groups, cups in hand, smiles fixed like masks. Every single one of them was pretending this was normal.It wasn’t.The wards beneath my skin itched the moment I stepped fully inside. Old magic. New tech. Something layered beneath both, like a third presence listening from behind the walls. Zara felt it, too.Her spine was straight, chin lifted, eyes sharp as glass. She looked calm to anyone watching, but the bond told a different story. Electricity skittered through it, restless, hungry. The devourer wasn’t roaring tonight. It was watching.Dr. Voss stood at the centre of it all, dressed in ivory and gold, silver hair pinned perfectly in place. She looked pleased. That alone made me want to tear this
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