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Warmth.

It was the first thing I felt as my body stirred. A soft, comforting with wrapped around me.A soft, familiar warmth, the kind that seeped into my skin and made my muscles relax instinctively. It was nothing like the pain I remembered the sharp agony of bones breaking, the unbearable pressure crushing me as I plummeted from the mountaintop. My fingers twitched, brushing against something familiar- sheets.

A bed?

My eyes snapped open, and I sat up abruptly, my heart hammering in my chest. The room was too familiar.

The moonlit curtains swayed lightly with the morning breeze, the scent of lavender and vanilin-lingering in the air. My bookshelves were lined with novels, my desk was slightly messy with scattered notes and pens, and my nightstand still had the small framed. picture of Mariah and me-

I was in my room.

My room.

home.

Panic gripped me. My mates- Whe

Then, I heard it.

Where were they? The battle-Mother-the Shadow Weaver. Had it all been a dream? A cruel illusion?

I froze.

Get your butt here before your breakfast gets cold!"

That voice-

I knew it.

Mariah.

The name sent a shockwave through my body.

Mariah was dead. I had mourned her. I had felt it.

Then how-?

Her voice rang out again, louder and sharper this time.

"Storm!! Did you hear me?!"

threw off the blankets, my feet hitting the flour before I even registered moving. My heart pounded against my ribs as I stumbled forward, barely able to breathe.l bolted through the hallway, my pulse roaring in my ears.

1 skidded to a stop at the doorway of the kitchen.

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And there she was

Mariah

humming a song I hadn't heard in years. She was wearing an oversized T-shirt, her dark hair tied up in a messy bun, tattoos pecking out from

just like I remembered

She looked alive.

I couldn't breathe,

my body

strangled, choked sound escaped me as I hinged

"Stormi-?!"

her, my arms wrapping tightly around her as I buried my face

a chair in the process.

counter.

beneath me. "Okay, seriously-are you

I didn't let go.

I couldn't.

eyes shut, my entire body shaking as I clung to her. She was warm. Solid.

you forget how to say good morning like a normal person? Or do we tackle people

I couldn't speak.

to get a better look at my face. Then her tone

she murmured. "What's

pulled back just enough to see

moment

The dam broke.

down my face, hot and unstoppable. My breath came in ragged gasps, my chest

instantly. The teasing glint in her eyes vanished, replaced by

up to cup my

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brushed away my tears, her fingers gentle. "Breathe, okay? t breathe. Tell me what's going

sucked in a shaky breath, my hands

I let

out, "I thought you were

Mariah stilled.

brows furrowed, confusion flickering across her

was there. 1- Ancher

but there was something

I couldn't quite place, her thumb still brushing against

will

1 stiffened

knew what I

I had lived it.

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me against her, letting me rest my head on

after a moment. "You'd have a bad dream, and you'd climb into my bed and cling to me

shut, trying to

warmth

that all

Ab

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