Cole The call came while I was wiping blood off my knuckles. Not mine. Some jackass’s thought testing our territory was a good idea. He learned fast that it wasn't My phone buzzed on the grease-stained workbench, the screen lighting up with Mara’s name, and my chest tightened with a sudden, sharp knot of dread before I even hit answer. Cole,” she said, and I knew instantly. Her voice was shaky, the kind that sits on top of a panic attack like a thin, transparent lie. “What happened,” I demanded. No hello. No softness. Straight to it. “They filed,” she whispered, the sound brittle over the line. “Emergency custody. Evan’s lawyer called me this morning.” I closed my eyes, a string of curses running through my head. Fuck. “I’m coming to you,” I stated, already reaching for my keys. “No,” she snapped, her voice cracking. “Don’t. Not yet.” That stopped me mid-stride. “You don’t get to decide that alone, Mara.” “I’m trying to keep Lily safe,” she shot back, the
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