The courtyard of the Silver Moon palace was no longer a place of human science. The sterile masks had been torn away, and the smell of fear from the UN soldiers was being drowned out by the thick, musky scent of a predator in its prime. Killian stood only inches from me, his presence so overwhelming that my doctor’s mind was struggling to maintain its diagnostic distance. My skin felt too tight, my pulse thrumming in my throat with a rhythmic, primitive beat that had nothing to do with medical distress."You should be in the infirmary, Killian," I whispered, though my voice lacked its usual surgical authority. I could feel the heat radiating from him in waves. "Your body is undergoing a massive hormonal surge. You are unstable.""I have never been more stable, Elara," he growled, his voice vibrating deep in his chest. He took a step closer, forcing me back against the cold quartz of the palace wall. "For five years, I lived in a frozen cage. I thought the rejection had killed the beas
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