Serena’s POVTOMORROW, SHE DIES.The words remained on the cracked screen of the tablet, glowing like a brand pressed into flesh. For a few seconds, nobody in the corridor breathed. The air itself seemed to thicken, heavy with the scent of fear, adrenaline, and the faint metallic tang of weapons being drawn. Guards shifted uneasily, their boots scraping against marble. Somewhere far down the hall, a radio crackled with static.I stared at those four words until the letters blurred behind the tears gathering in my eyes. They weren’t just a threat. They were a promise. A countdown. A knife already sliding between my ribs.“No.”The word barely escaped me, a broken thing.Dominic’s arm immediately came around my waist, pulling me against the solid wall of his chest. His scent—pine, storm, and that dark, protective Alpha musk—wrapped around me like a shield, but even that couldn’t stop the shaking.“Serena.”“No.” I shook my head harder, my hair whipping across my face. “No, that’s not po
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