The moment Damien made the request, every instinct inside me sharpened."All we are asking now is to meet him once."For a second, I thought I had misheard him. After everything we had discussed, after curses, spirits, prophecies, and bridges between worlds, he wanted to meet Kane. Not take him. Not question him. Not study him. Just meet him. Somehow, that frightened me more than any demand could have. Reasonable requests were dangerous. They slipped through defenses and made you question whether you were being unfair. Whether you were overreacting. Whether your fear was clouding your judgment. I hated reasonable requests.Beside me, Sienna had gone completely silent. Through the mate bond, I felt every emotion warring inside her. Fear. Confusion. Protectiveness. The fierce instinct of a mother being asked to allow
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