Chapter 753

Judy’s POV

The halls stretched long and dark; moonlight slanted through high windows. Selene moved with grace, her hand trailing along the walls, but I slowed when a door creaked faintly open on our left.

“Esme used to spend a lot of time in here,” she told me, stepping into the room.

easy

The air was stale, and my heart squeezed in my chest as I realized where we were. It was a nursery.

It was heavy with dust, but the crib still stood, delicate lace draped over its frame. Toys lay scattered across the rug–a stuffed wolf, a carved rattle, a tiny silver cup. It looked as though someone had simply walked out and shut the door years ago.

“We never understood why,” Selene went on to say. “It took years for us to get her to leave this room. Once we shut the door, we never opened it again.”

“Whose room was this?” I asked, my voice coming out unfamiliar and hollow.

“Lila’s,” she replied, turning to look at me. “We had it built when she was a baby.”

I looked around the room again, my chest tight. The scent… it was odd. There was something to this scent that put my wolf in distress.

“Judy,” I heard his voice through our bond, and suddenly my heart had skipped a beat. “Where are you?”

in around me. My breathing, which flowed so easily only a moment ago, felt constricted. I stepped back, a wave of dizziness crashing around me.

this scent… this


I feeling

okay?” Selene asked, her voice laced with

tried to answer her, but I

towards me, her brows pinched together, but just as

wrapping me in his

up in this manor. I rested my head against his chest, breathing

I was okay. I had my mate… he would take care of me. I buried my face in his chest, my arms wrapping around him like

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for us to leave,” Gavin said, and I wasn’t sure

noticed Zachary behind us until Selene softly spoke to him, explaining

panic attack.

that what that was? A panic

said for this evening,” Zachary said,


“We’ll talk more in the

tense, but

him. My wolf immediately felt calmer,

its air clung to me, thick and wrong. Even in Gavin’s arms, my

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