eyes narrowing, her whol
he said, voice
he hallway. Juliet lay frozen on the bed, every muscle locked in place, her breath coming in shallow gasps while her ears strained to catch
reaked open with
edged with the kind of urgency that made Juliet's blood r
n months, a voice she had desperately hoped never to
she, Dr.
trolled.
w she's
a Wa
est like a freight train. Her hands twisted into the sheets until her knuckles w
sible-she'd been so careful, so hidde
termination. "There's no one here but me. This is my personal re
se cutting through Lucy's words
snapped, each word dripping with mali
back arch off the bed. Her hand flew to her mouth, and she bit down on her knuckle
mper echoed fro
fe-sharp with sudden int
eized as panic surged through her veins like wildfire. They were coming for her-Sofia would find her help
N
ewhere primal and fierce, somewhere de
un
like electricity. Her fingers trembled as her skin felt electric and alive, her spine a
to shift as Ro
swollen stomach protectively. "T
with fierce determination.
nd reformed while muscles stretched and rebuilt themselves, skin tearing and rec
osive force, the bed was empty except for
uncing a war that had already begun. Outside, a wolf with piercing blue eyes melted into th
ckwaves of pain that threatened to tear them both apart. Juliet floated inside the wolf's consciousness, f
hile her bones jarred with each stride, as
reached the one place that might truly be safe. She was heading for the storm cellar behind Lucy's clinic-the only place Sofia would never think t
ng as her mind dimmed like dying embers, while Ros
whispered urgentl
ing down into the consuming darkness of their childhood refuge. The a
sed in complete exhaustion, rel
weat and trembling while her belly contracted violently. Another wave of pain slammed through her with mer
termined. He had a head full of black hair and eyes the c
ith chestnut hair that gleamed even in the dim light. When his eyes opened, they
he same piercing blue eyes as her second brother, but this one was a girl-tiny and abso
overwhelming emotion. The world had narrowed to four perfect, fragile cries that filled the darknes
wrong-deep in her
e trauma, but something fundamental unraveling
ered with infinite sa
er like a blade, sha
n't leave me al
distant.* The shift shattered something inside us that can't be repair
every word, becoming nothing m
ronger than you knew. Love them, keep them safe-that's your desti
ed the pups to her chest one by one. Their hearts fluttered against her ribs like four precious,
r wolf was gone, leaving behind
ve you. I lo
complete it took
Her body surrendered before her mind could fully process what had happened, and she co
iful darkness claimed her, carrying her away from pain and loss into drea
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