The fluorescent lights of Blackmoor University’s library usually felt like a sanctuary to Kaelira. They were bright, sterile, and utterly devoid of shadows. But tonight, they felt like a spotlight on her own fraying sanity.She sat at a corner mahogany table, three textbooks open to pages on cellular biology, yet her eyes hadn't moved past the first paragraph in an hour. Every time she blinked, she saw those molten gold eyes. Every time a student shifted a chair, she heard the heavy, rhythmic panting of a beast.And then there was the smell.Ever since the storm on Blackmoor Road, her senses had been dialed to a frequency she couldn't turn down. She could smell the ink in the printer across the room; she could hear the heartbeat of the girl sitting three tables away. But most of all, she could smell him. Even though he wasn't there, the scent of rain-drenched pine and something metallic—like a coming storm—clung to the back of her throat."Kae? You’re staring again."Kaelira jolted, n
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