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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

She was wearing an oversized T-shirt, her dark hair tied

just like I remembered

She looked alive.

I couldn't breathe,

my body moved on its

choked sound escaped

"Stormi-?!"

around her as I buried

the ground, knocking over a chair in the process.

counter.

me. "Okay, seriously-are you crazy, kid?

I didn't let go.

I couldn't.

my eyes shut, my entire body shaking as I clung to her. She was warm. Solid. Not some ghost. Not

did you forget how to say good morning like a

I couldn't speak.

probably trying to get a better look at my face.

she murmured. "What's

just

moment I

The dam broke.

breath came in

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

whispered, reaching up to cup my face.

speak, but my throat closed up. I couldn't

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fingers gentle. "Breathe, okay? t

sucked in a shaky breath, my hands still gripping her T-shirt like

I let

"I thought you were

Mariah stilled.

flickering

I was there. 1- Ancher sub wracked my body.

expression softened, but there was something

I couldn't quite place, her thumb still brushing

everything will be okay,"

1 stiffened

knew what

I had lived it.

Jadn't 12

me rest my head on

you were little," she murmured after a moment. "You'd have a bad dream, and you'd climb

eyes shut, trying to ground

warmth

that all

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