CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE – Threads to the Human World

*Lilah*The flower wilts on my windowsill.I've kept it there for three days now, watching it slowly curl in on itself. The girl who gave it to me—Tomas's niece—doesn't know that her small gesture has become an anchor. This is a reminder that some good exists here, beneath all the danger and politics.But it also reminds me of everything I left behind.I sit by the window, staring out at the forest, and let myself think about them.Naomi. Bella.Did the letter reach them? Did Cassian's contact actually deliver it, or did it disappear into some pack security protocol I don't understand?Are they worried? Angry? Have they moved on, assuming I abandoned them?The guilt sits heavy in my chest, familiar and sharp.I promised myself I'd protect them by staying away by not dragging them into this world. But the longer I'm here, the more I wonder if silence is protection or just another kind of abandonment.A knock pulls me from my spiral."Come in," I call, not moving from the window.Cassia

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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO – The Edge of Two Worlds

*Naomi*The howl echoes through the trees, bouncing off trunks until it seems to come from everywhere at once."Drive faster," Bella whispers."I'm trying."The road narrows ahead, branches scraping the sides of the car like claws. The GPS is still dead—just a black screen reflecting my own pale face back at me.Another howl. Closer.Bella makes a small, terrified sound."It's probably just—" I start.Something darts across the road.I slam the brakes.The car skids, tires losing grip on the loose gravel. We spin—half a rotation, maybe more—and then the world tilts as the front wheel catches the edge of a ditch.Metal screams. Glass cracks.We jerk to a stop, the car tilted at a sick angle, my seatbelt cutting into my chest.Silence.Then Bella's voice, shaking: "Nay? Naomi, are you—""I'm okay." I fumble with the seatbelt, hands trembling. "You?""I think so. I think—"A shadow passes the window.We both freeze.It's there and gone in a heartbeat—a shape too large to be a dog, too fl

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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE – Threads to the Human World

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