Serenity,This time, no one managed a gasp loud enough to break the stunned silence that had settled over the clearing. My fingers tightened in the fabric of Levante’s cloak as I stared at the figure standing before us. A few of the onlookers collapsed where they stood. Martin seemed to forget how to draw breath. My own heart slammed against my ribs like a frantic warning drum.It was not Kae. It was not any ordinary human. Dante, Levante’s Lycan, towered there in his full seven-foot form, the raw press of his energy so dense that the air itself felt thinner. Everyone around us struggled simply to keep breathing under the weight of it.My breath caught when he slowly sank to his knees. One massive paw lifted and brushed my face with surprising gentleness, wiping away the mix of tears and blood that had dried there.“It’s finally over, Serenity,” his deep, beastly voice echoed directly inside my mind. “As I promised, we came back for you.”“Dante,” I whispered, scarcely able to believe
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