~CASSIAN~"What the hell are you doing here?"The question came out of me like a snarl. Zerathreleased her arm the moment I pulled her in against me, as if even he understood that whatever happened next was between us. Firelight from the collapsing outer wall flickered across her face. She was real. She was here. And I was so furious I could barely see straight."You shouldn't be here," I said, both hands gripping her shoulders harder than I meant to. "You're pregnant, Aurora. I can't fucking concentrate knowing you're standing this close to a war and something can happen to you. Do you understand that? One stray wolf. One collapsing wall. One Varkas who recognizes your face. That's all it takes."She didn't flinch away from me. That only made it worse."I can shift now," she said, breathless but steady. "I have a wolf. I've been training. I am not weak, Cassian. I can stand next to you in this battle."The words hit somewhere deep and complicated. Pride. Terror. A possessive kind
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