Chapter 21
The Search Kael The moment we step out of that room, I know one thing with absolute certainty. She is not here. Not hidden. Not moved to another ward. Not concealed behind locked doors. Gone. The absence of her presence is louder than anything else in this building. It presses into my chest like ice settling deep beneath the surface, cold and unrelenting. Fenrir does not pace this time. He does not growl or push. He goes still. And that is far more dangerous. Mine. The word is no longer instinct. It is truth. It is law. "She didn't just leave," I say, my voice low but steady, cutting through the charged silence between us. "Someone removed her." There is no hesitation in my tone, no uncertainty. Because I can feel it. The break in the bond. The unnatural silence where she
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