Alpha’s Claimed Mate.
Cold.
*Akira doesn’t flinch. She leans forward slightly, folds her hands in her lap.*
**AKIRA**
And you changed the outcome?
*I nodded.*
**ASHER**
I pulled us back. I don’t even remember doing it, not really. Just this panic. Like something was dragging us forward into something I couldn’t stop.
*Akira is quiet for a long moment. Then she reaches beneath the table and pulls out a small, carved box. She opens it, revealing dried petals, a shard of bone, a cracked mirror, and a single black feather.*