Chapter 5: The Silver RevelationThe cold wind from the shattered windows whipped through the penthouse, smelling of rain and the metallic tang of wolf blood. Cillian stood in the center of the wreckage, his chest heaving. The fur on his jaw was receding, but his claws were still extended, dripping dark ichor onto the white marble.Maya didn’t run. She couldn't. Her legs felt like lead, but her heart was racing with a strange, frantic heat. She walked toward him, stepping over the broken remains of a million-dollar dining table."Cillian," she whispered.He flinched as if her voice burned him. "Don't look at me, Maya. Not like this.""I’ve seen worse in the back alleys of this city," she lied, her voice trembling. She reached out, her fingers grazing the massive, corded muscle of his shoulder. The heat coming off him was like a furnace. "You're shaking.""The shift... it’s not finished," he groaned, his voice a guttural rasp. He grabbed a silk throw from the sofa and wrapped it around
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