They Both Wanted Me
Hybrids moved through the chambers, freeing their captured kin from the remnants of Lilith's dark magic, cutting threads, opening cages, whispering words of comfort to strangers who had been imprisoned for years.
But beneath it all, beneath the sounds of recovery and relief, there was a sound that made Lena's heart clench with dread. A sound she had heard before, in other battles, other wars, other moments of victory that came at a terrible price.
Weeping.
Someone was crying. Not the quiet tears of relief or the overwhelmed sobs of joy. These were the deep, gut-wrenching cries of grief, of loss, of a wound that would never fully heal.
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Mira found them an hour later.
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