98 Chapter 98

98 Chapter 98

Seraphina’s POV

The words hit me like a slap to the face. My legs gave out instantly.

“What?” I gasped, grabbing the edge of the desk. “What did you just say?”

“No. No no no.” I was shaking my head so hard it hurt. “That’s not possible. You’re wrong.”

Marcus’s hands shot out to steady me as I swayed. The young soldier was still on his knees, tears streaming

down his dirt-streaked face.

“Where?” My voice cracked. “Where did this happen?”

“Eastern ridge, Luna,” he stammered. “The camp… it was destroyed. Blood everywhere. We couldn’t… we

couldn’t find…”

“Stop!” I cut him off, my heart hammering so fast I could barely breathe. “Just stop talking!”

I pressed both hands to my chest, searching desperately for that warm feeling that told me Damien was alive.

It was… weak. But still there. It had to be.

“If he was dead, I’d know,” I said, more to myself than anyone else. “I’d feel it break. The bond would snap.”

“Sera,” Marcus said quietly. “Sometimes shock can-”

“NO!” The word exploded out of me. The windows actually rattled. “Don’t you dare say it! He’s not dead!”

Everyone in the room stepped back. I could feel my alpha power flooding out like a tidal wave, making the air

thick and heavy.

“Damien!” I screamed into the mindlink, putting everything I had into it. “Damien, answer me! Right now!”

Silence. Complete, terrifying silence.

But silence didn’t mean death. It meant distance. Mountains. Something blocking us.

“Tell me everything,” I snapped at the soldier, my voice shaking with barely controlled fury. “Right now. Every

single detail.”

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The poor kid looked like he might pass out. “Luna, I—”

“Talk! What exactly did you see?”

just a boy, maybe nineteen at most-swallowed hard

a picture of destruction and apparent massacre at the camp where Damien and

been stationed.

see?” I interrupted when he described finding

He blinked at me in

tone sharp with forced authority. “How many actual bodies did

observe?”

was blood. So much blood. And the camp was destroyed, everything

bodies?” I pressed, feeling a spark of something that might have

was so

coming. But Luna, the amount of

some fight coming back into me. “We heal fast.

that would kill humans. Blood just means there

if

to dig in. Going

not planning to kill myself then,” I shot back, pacing behind

name. “You’re pregnant. You seriously

around, letting every bit of alpha power I had blast out. “Don’t you dare tell me what I can and can’t do! I’m the Luna of

room went dead silent. Marcus looked like

the door burst open and three more officers

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lost contact

perimeter has

to my head. “How many people? Just tell

one of them

people. Sixty families waiting for news. Sixty warriors who

I

red. “Every day we wait is another day they could be suffering! Another day

could be-”

say it. Couldn’t even

Get everyone here. Anyone with

rescue op.”

minutes later, the conference room was packed with

I could barely

at the head of the table even though my legs felt like

with our Alpha King.

The room exploded.

voice shaking with

he’s alive.”

both hands on the table. “I’ll take a small team to check. If I find proof they’re dead,

if there’s even a

this mission,” Marcus cut me off. “I

me like a physical blow. Won’t

down. “I’ve lost too many people

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impossible,” came a voice from the door. Riley walked in, her face set with determination.

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