Chapter 21
CHAPTER 21 — HUNTERS AND SHADOWS The forest smelled of rain, moss, and something older. Danger. I could hear them long before they reached the cabin. Two human forms moving too deliberately, scanning, calculating. Mira first—always sharp, always suspicious. Dalton second, muscles taut, gun loosely held, eyes searching for threats I already knew were there. Selene’s hand brushed mine as we moved deeper into the clearing. She didn’t flinch at their approach—not from fear, but because she trusted me. That trust, that loyalty, it stirred something primal in me—a need I couldn’t name without danger. Mira’s eyes narrowed the moment she saw me. “I knew it,” she hissed. “Selene, what is he? You didn’t tell us.” Dalton stepped closer, gun hand tightening. “Step back, Selene. Now. Whoever—or wh
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