Fated Vengeance: A Mate's Reckoning
“It’s… waiting.”
“For what?” Mara asked, her knife raised, her eyes wide.
Before I could answer, the sentinel *moved*, not lunging but *splitting*, its form fracturing into shards, each one a smaller version, their eyes glowing, their claws glinting. They didn’t attack—they *circled*, forming a ring, their hum a chant, not her voice but the city’s, ancient, commanding. The mark burned, and I saw it—a flash, not hers but the sentinel’s: the city, its spires alive, its streets filled with these creatures, guarding, watching, waiting for the lock to open or break.
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