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Damien’s POV 1

That sound.

That low, feral growl cutting through the warehouse noise like a blade.

My entire body locked up. Every muscle went rigid. My wolf exploded to the surface so fast it physically hurt.

*That’s-*

No. Impossible.

*That’s our mate!*

Alex was losing his mind inside me. Clawing. Snarling. Desperate to get out.

I couldn’t move. Couldn’t breathe. My hands gripped the railing in front of me so hard the metal groaned.

“Damien?” Lucas’s voice sounded far away. “Did you hear that?”

I didn’t answer. Couldn’t.

Because that sound–that growl-

I knew it.

Knew it in my bones. In my soul. In every cell of my body that had spent three years aching for something I’d lost.

“Damien, seriously, what’s wrong? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”

My head turned. Slow. Like moving through concrete.

The ring came into focus.

The fighter–the woman–was on her feet.

She’d been down. Beaten. Everyone thought she was finished.

But she was standing.

And she was moving.

Not defense. Not survival.

Pure fucking attack.

Her fist drove into her opponent’s chin with a crack I heard from fifty feet away. His head snapped back. Blood sprayed.

The crowd erupted.

“HOLY SHIT!” Someone screamed beside me.

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“DID YOU SEE THAT?”

“SHE’S GOING TO KILL HIM!”

The noise swelled to a roar. Hundreds of people surging forward. Pushing. Shoving. Everyone trying to get closer to the carnage.

And I stood there. Frozen. Watching her destroy this man twice her size.

Her movements were familiar.

The way she moved. The way she struck. The particular angle of her elbow when it connected with his ribs.

before. Watched

Taught them.

only someone who’d been trained by

No, that’s

was screaming. Absolutely losing

That’s our

face.” The words

my arm. “Damien, what

I need

through the crowd

Move. Get out of the

too focused on

pushed harder. Used my size. My strength. My Alpha authority even though none of

was right behind me.

fighter.” My voice was shaking. “The woman. I need

“Why?”

blocking the aisle. They shouted protests but I didn’t

packed tighter down here. Shoulder to shoulder. Everyone on their feet. Screaming. Throwing money.

their minds.

my way through. One step. Two steps. Each one harder

she was still going.

from his nose.

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She didn’t stop.

heart was hammering. My

We need

tried to stop

shoved past them. Knocked someone’s beer flying.

caught my arm. “You need to calm

“I can’t.”

do you mean

“I couldn’t finish. Couldn’t say it out loud because if I was

if I was wrong, I’d

bodies that wouldn’t give. The crowd was too thick.

was still twenty feet back. Too far. Too fucking far to

her form. Her shape. The

was killing

she moved.

Blood dripping onto

if he

nodded. Struggled

again.

Just violence.

brutal and so achingly familiar my chest

Sera. I know

talk to me!” Lucas was shaking my arm.

broke. “I think

Silence.

Then: “What?”

fighter. I

Sera’s–she’s not-” Lucas’s voice faltered. “Is

I didn’t answer. Couldn’t.

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in the ring, the man was

the canvas. Blood pooling

Not moving.

Grabbed

“Winner!”

The warehouse exploded.

screaming. Jumping. Money flying through the

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