“Everybody felt it.”Iris’s voice carried across the command room without rising.The air smelled like cold coffee, rain-soaked wool, and the sharp metal scent of stress. Screens flickered against the dark walls. Wolves moved quickly between tables, carrying reports, updating maps, checking bonds through linked channels every few minutes like they no longer trusted silence.Because now silence meant something.Sage stood near the center table, one hand flat against the wood.“Three packs confirmed disruption,” he said. “North border. East ridge. Blackwater territory.”“Duration?” Donovan asked.“Between six and eleven seconds.”Too long.Iris felt her jaw tighten.Not because the bonds had broken.Because something had touched them.The room stayed quiet for a second too long after that.Everybody here understood what mate bonds meant. Pack bonds. Family bon
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