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ZARA I move to sit beside Damian when a sharp feeling runs over my skin. The hairs on my arms stand up. I don’t want to sit too close. The spell needs space to work.I watch Agatha’s magic move over Felix. She stands in front of him, her hands stretched out. The air around him shifts.Felix lets out a small yawn. Just once. Then his eyes close.His head tilts forward a little.He’s asleep.I fold my arms under my chest when I feel my hands start to shake.Everything we have is resting on this. This spell has to give us answers. It has to fix this. It’s the only thing that makes sense.I hold my breath and send a quiet prayer to Selene.Agatha slowly lowers her hands. Her eyes open. The magic fades away like it was never there.It’s done.She knows.The look on her face makes my stomach drop. Her small, tight smile tells me everything is wrong.“He wasn’t possessed?” I ask. My voice breaks.She lets out a long breath. “It’s not that simple. He’ll wake up soon. I’ll explain when he doe

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FELIX No one teaches Omegas what it means to feel everything.It’s like standing in a room and taking in every emotion at once. Not just your own. Everyone’s. It slips into you without warning. Small pieces of feelings that were never yours to begin with. It doesn’t make sense at first. It takes time before you even understand what’s happening.It’s easy to lose control of it.Someone nearby has a bad day, and suddenly you feel irritated for no clear reason. You walk past a stranger, and their happiness sticks to you. You find yourself smiling, humming along to a song, feeling something that isn’t yours.You have to learn to sort it out.You have to learn what belongs to you and what doesn’t.That takes time. It takes effort. And even then, it’s not perfect.It’s worse when it’s someone you care about.You can’t shut that out. You can’t block it.Their pain doesn’t stay outside. It pushes in deeper. It settles into your chest and refuses to leave.Zara’s pain is harder than mine.

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ZARA The cool air of the night brushes against my skin, but it does nothing to clear my head. Since Agatha broke my bond with Felix, everything has felt dull and distant. My thoughts move slowly, like they are stuck in thick fog. My body follows along without much feeling. I walk behind Felix and Damian toward the front gates, but it doesn’t feel real. It feels like I’m watching from somewhere far away. Like this is something that already happened. Or something that hasn’t fully settled into place yet.Each step feels quiet. Too quiet.Agatha steps ahead of us just before we reach the gates, cutting us off before anyone can say more.“I need to remind both sides,” she says, her voice firm, carrying a clear warning, “no challenge can be given or accepted until another twenty-four hours have passed. That means not before 7 p.m. tomorrow.”Her words hang in the air.I glance at Damian. His jaw tightens, the muscle jumping slightly. His eyes are fixed forward, hard and steady. I can a

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CALEB I stand by the window in the lounge, watching the Alpha and his Betas waiting outside our gates. They stand in a loose line, calm and patient, like they have all the time in the world. The sight of them makes the air in the room feel heavier.The room has been quiet since the kid fell asleep. Too quiet.His mother came in after speaking to the witch and carried him out. He didn’t stir at all. She said she was taking him upstairs to settle him in a room.He had been out cold for a while, so it made sense. Still, something about the way she held him...tight, careful, sticks in my mind.I asked if she needed help finding a room. It felt strange that Damian told her to go without sending someone with her. He doesn’t usually leave things like that to chance.She said Lee had offered to show her a room near theirs. That made sense.Better for the kid to be close to them. Safer. Easier to keep an eye on.There’s no way Damian would put them anywhere near us. Not with everything going

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ZARA We stand outside, holding onto each other for a long time. I don’t know how long. It feels like time has slowed down. The witch is already gone, and the air has turned cold. It bites at my skin by the time we finally pull apart.Something feels wrong inside me. Like a piece of me has been taken. I know Damian feels it too. Felix belongs with us. He was taken from us.We’re both used to fighting for what matters. We’ve done it before. But this is different. This is deeper than anything else.“You need to rest,” he says. His voice is low. Rough. Like he’s been shouting for too long.“You too,” I say.He lets out a low growl. “I’ll rest when that Alpha is dead.”“You’ll rest before then if I have to make you,” I tell him. “You won’t fight well if you’re tired.”“I could fight him with one hand and still win,” he says.I let out a small breath. “Good to know your confidence hasn’t changed.”“It hasn’t,” he says. Then his tone shifts. Softer now. “And it’s because of you.”I blink.

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ZARA Holly looks past me, her eyes shifting over my shoulder. The change in her expression makes me turn.Caleb and Damian are right behind me. Both of them are only half dressed, like they dropped everything the moment I ran out. Their clothes hang loose, unfinished, like they didn’t bother thinking it through. They were ready to shift. Ready to run.The relief on their faces hits me hard. It mirrors my own. For a second, I almost let myself feel it.Almost.But I stop myself.It’s too early to feel safe. Too early to think this is over.I turn back to Holly and Naomi.“She was asleep before she came out here, I think,” Naomi says when Holly doesn’t speak right away. Her voice is steady, but there’s tension under it. “She’s been saying random things since we found her. Nothing clear. But she’s not hurt. I don’t know if she was sleepwalking, or if she woke up confused and wandered out.”“She doesn’t sleepwalk,” Holly says quickly. There’s no doubt in her voice. “She never has. But I

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DAMIAN It takes almost two hours before everyone is finally caught up on everything that has happened. Even then, it feels slow. Like we are all forcing ourselves through each part. No one is really focused. No one is fully here in the moment.Lee is still asleep when Naomi asks if we have a map of the nearby area.I open my mouth to say no, because honestly, who keeps a map of their own town, but before I can speak, Zara stands up and says she will get one from her things.Apparently, that is something witches do.“We use maps to find people or lost objects,” Naomi explains while we wait for Zara to come back.“You are going to check where Felix is?” I ask.She nods without hesitation. “The Alpha probably will not break any rules. He has followed everything carefully so far. The Conclave of Mystics would not take that lightly. But it is still better to make sure Felix is exactly where he is supposed to be.”Where he is supposed to be.The words sit wrong with me. I almost growl befo

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FELIX The drive to my new home feels tight and uncomfortable. The air itself feels wrong. I’m stuck in the backseat beside a large, silent Beta, Gruff, and the car smells strange. I can’t even place the smell. It is sharp and sour at the same time. It burns my nose and makes my eyes water. It keeps setting me off. I sneeze again and again like I suddenly have allergies.Each time I sneeze, Gruff shoots me a hard look. His jaw tightens like he is holding something back. He looks just as annoyed as I feel surprised.“I think I’m allergic to something in this car,” I say without thinking. My voice sounds louder than I mean it to.“You’ll keep quiet unless you want to find out if you’re allergic to my fists,” Gruff mutters beside me. His voice is low and steady, like he means it.“Knuckle sandwiches are actually pretty good,” I reply. The words come out before I can stop them, and I regret it right away.He lets out a low growl, deep in his chest, and I tense up. My shoulders pull in a

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FELIX There is something off about him. I don’t trust him. Not even a little. He had his pack watching our land like they were waiting for something, and I still don’t understand how he made me go after that girl. That wasn’t just anger. That wasn’t just instinct. He had a hand in it. I’m sure of it. This feels planned from the start.“I’m sorry about Maya,” I say, watching him closely, trying to catch even the smallest reaction.Nothing.His face stays still. His eyes don’t shift. It’s like talking to a wall. “Who?”“The girl who died,” I say, slower this time. “The reason I’m standing here instead of being in bed with my mate.”“Maya Hartley was unstable,” he replies without hesitation. His voice is flat. Cold. “She would have found a way to get herself killed anyway.”He locks the door behind him as he says it.The sound is quiet, but it settles deep in my chest.“And you don’t have a mate anymore,” he adds, looking straight at me. “Not unless your new master allows it.”That hit

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ZARA Agatha doesn’t sound happy when she finally answers my call.It takes longer than I expected just to reach her. Hours pass after we track Felix and confirm he’s in Granite Valley. Even then, the Conclave of Mystics only gives me a strict five-minute window to speak with her. No more. She wasn’t exaggerating about how busy she is.“Please don’t tell me you’ve come up with another excuse to clear your guilty boyfriend.”Her tone is sharp, already tired of me.Of course she still believes he did it. She showed us a vision before, clear and certain in her mind. To her, that should have been the end of it. She isn’t used to being doubted, and I can hear the strain in her voice.“I’m sorry for taking more of your time,” I say, forcing myself to stay calm. “I’ll keep this quick. Tara left a note with her child before she ran. She lied to you because she’s scared. In the note, she says her Alpha has already sold Felix. I can send you a picture of it....”“No.”The word hits hard. My

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