It wasn’t a vision. It wasn’t memory. It was—real.Zayden stood there. still solid. but wrong. not broken. not fading. contained. the space around him was nothing like where I stood. every line sharp. every edge exact. no movement. no distortion. no choice.And behind him the Alpha. complete watching, Waiting. like this had always been the plan.My breath caught. because this wasn’t just separation. this was containment.“Zayden.”His name left me sharp, urgent. but the space between us didn’t carry it. didn’t allow it. because this wasn’t my side. this was its.The ripple behind me shifted. the presence that had guided me here stilled.“You cannot enter that state as you are,” it said.I didn’t look back. didn’t respond. because I wasn’t stopping. i wasn`t going to stop now “He’s trapped,” I said.The words tight. controlled. because anything else would break.“He is stabilized,” it corrected.I clenched my jaw. because that was the difference. to it. this was order to me this was w
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