“Theodore!”My scream echoed through the palace halls as guards rushed toward us.He was on one knee, breathing heavily, golden eyes flickering between human and wolf. Dark veins spread slowly from the place the hunter had touched him, crawling beneath his skin like living shadows.Panic clawed at my chest.The mate bond burned not warm and comforting like before, but sharp, unstable.Pain flowed through it.His pain.“I’m fine,” Theodore growled, trying to stand.He failed.Killian reached him first, catching his arm.“Alpha, sit down,” he ordered, voice tight with concern.“I said I’m fine.”But even as he spoke, another wave hit him. His body tensed violently, claws extending uncontrollably.The palace lights flickered.The air vibrated with unstable Lycan energy.The hunter’s words replayed in my mind.You will break first.Realization struck me like lightning.“It marked you,” I whispered.The room went silent.Theodore’s gaze snapped toward me.“What?”“The hunter didn’t attack,
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