The purple light on the screen cuts through the heavy storm clouds over the Blackwood estate. It is the same blinding, corrupted energy that poured from the shattered monolith, but instead of pooling on the ground, it is concentrated into a single, massive pillar tearing into the sky."Vanessa is opening the final spiritual gate," Ryder says, his voice tight.He turns away from the screen, already moving toward the armory to rally the remaining guards.I follow him down the corridor. "I am going with you."Ryder stops. He turns around and looks at me under the harsh fluorescent lights of the trauma wing. My magic reserves are critically depleted. My muscles ache with a deep, lingering exhaustion, and I am carrying the heirs the enemy desperately wants to destroy. Everything in his conditioning as an Alpha is screaming at him to lock me in the deepest vault in this building and throw away the key."Vanessa started this war by kidnapping me from the lower territories," I tell him, keepi
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