The cliff was empty now, save for the man who still knelt on its cold stone. The sun had climbed higher, burning away the morning mist, but Kael Silvercrest felt none of its warmth. He felt nothing at all.The severance had left him hollow.Not metaphorically—physically, spiritually, in every way that mattered. The bond had been part of him since before he understood what it meant, woven into the fabric of his wolf, his soul, his very identity. Now it was gone, ripped away by the woman he had once scorned, and the absence was a wound that would not stop bleeding.He clutched his chest, his fingers digging into the fabric of his shirt as if he could physically hold himself together. Beneath his palm, his heart beat erratically—too fast, then too slow, then skipping beats entirely. Silver energy flickered weakly around him, the remnants of his wolf's power, fading like embers in a dying fire.Memories cascaded through his mind, relentless and c
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