KEIRA’S POV I stayed on my knees over the basin while the last of the sickness left me in hard waves. My throat burned, sweat cooled on the back of my neck, and tears ran freely down my face and dripped into the water below. Daisy’s fear pressed against mine, bright and wild behind my eyes. She paced in the back of my mind, ears flat, every instinct screaming that something was coming for us even though the room itself stayed empty. I already knew Magnus was standing in the doorway. The bond told me the exact second his weight shifted onto the threshold. I felt the echo of my own nausea roll through him, the same sharp urge to empty his stomach, the same raw fear that had no clear source. He stepped inside without a word and crossed the tile. His hand settled on my shoulder, warm and steady, thumb moving in slow circles while I kept shaking.“I am here, Sunflower,” he said, the words came out low. “Breathe baby girl, you’ve got to breathe.” I tried. The air still caught in my chest
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