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Noah broke a neck clean, dropping a body with brutal grace. Haiden tore another down, his growl snapping into a roar that shook the branches. Xavier waded forward like a wall, every strike measured and final. But she, she was a storm. Elliot’s mother strode past the corpse at her feet, words spilling from her lips in a tongue I didn’t know. Her voice was low, steady, but the air bent around it, humming, vibrating like it was strung too tight. Another rogue faltered under her gaze. Its soul ripped free in a streak of white fire, sucked from its chest as though the body was just a shell. She turned and caught another; hand clenching, and the clearing filled with the sound of breaking glass as its spirit
cracked apart. One by one, they fell. Three. Four. Each soul ripped from its anchor and scattered like sparks into nothingness. With every kill, her presence swelled, raw power pressing against my skin until the hair on my arms stood on end. She wasn’t just fighting, she was unmaking.
By the time the last wolf dropped, silence slammed down. Heavy. Suffocating. Even the leaves seemed to shiver before settling back into place. Smoke curled low to the ground, clinging to the mix of ash and torn fur that littered the dirt. She turned slowly, chest heaving, but her stance never faltered. Her gaze locked with mine. Those eyes, Elliot’s eyes, brilliant and burning, carrying the same stubborn light too heavy for a boy his age. On her, they were older, haunted, carved by years of loss, but no less fierce. I sat stunned on the ground, useless, breath caught. She crossed the distance in a rush, hand outstretched, and before I even thought, I took it. She hauled me to my feet with a strength that surprised me, and then her hands skimmed over my arms, my shoulders, quick, efficient, checking me for harm.
…you saved me.” My voice broke against the weight of it. “Why would you save me?”
“You…
Her eyes softened, though her chest still rose hard with each breath. “Because you love my son. And if I’m right, he must love you too.”
The words sank deep. Before I could reply, she stooped, plucked my phone from where it
had fallen in the dirt, and glanced again at the glowing screen, at Elliot’s picture. The
tears standing in her eyes almost undid me.
“Would
you like to see him?” The words were out of me before reason could stop them.
She gasped, sharp and small, gaze snapping up to mine.
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“Envy…” Xavier’s voice cut in, firm as steel. He was already at my side, leaning down to murmur in my ear. “You don’t even know her name yet, let alone if her intentions are
good.”
She heard him, of course she did. Her spine straightened, voice clear. “Reina. My name is Reina. And I swear on everything I am, I mean no harm. I would give my very being just to hold him once again.”
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