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?”

nineteen at most-swallowed hard

and apparent massacre at the camp where Damien and his

been stationed.

you actually see?” I interrupted when he described

what?” He blinked at me

forced authority. “How

observe?”

much blood. And the camp was destroyed, everything

feeling a spark of something

soldier’s face went pale. “I… I didn’t… the smoke was so

Luna, the

equal death!” I snapped, feeling some fight coming back into me. “We heal fast.

stuff that would kill humans. Blood just

like I’d lost my mind. “Sera, even if that’s true, even

days to dig in. Going

myself then,” I shot back, pacing behind the desk like a caged animal. “I’m

seriously think you can lead

whirled 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

dead silent. Marcus

burst open and three more officers

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contact with

entire eastern perimeter has gone

hands flying to my head. “How many people? Just tell me how

of them whispered. “Maybe

people. Sixty families waiting for news. Sixty warriors who

get them,” I said, my voice

day we wait is another

could be-”

say it. Couldn’t even

Get everyone here.

rescue op.”

with the grimmest faces I’d ever seen. The

thick I could

why we’re here,” I said, standing at the head of the table even though

one with our Alpha King. I want a rescue mission.

The room exploded.

feel the mate bond,” I said, my voice shaking with fury. “It’s weak, it’s faint, but it’s

he’s alive.”

table. “I’ll take a small team to

if there’s

can’t lead this mission,” Marcus cut me off. “I won’t allow

a physical

down.

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not impossible,” came a voice from the door. Riley walked in, her face set with determination.

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