LILA'S POV
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My eyes snapped open, head pounding like a drum. I was on a hard bed, in a locked room. f**k, I was back in the Silvermoon pack, a place I swore I’d never see again.
The walls closed in, familiar and suffocating. My heart raced, panic clawing at my chest. I’d fought so hard to escape this hell, and now I was trapped again.
Darius stood by the door, smiling like he’d won. His smug grin made my stomach twist. I wanted to scream, to claw that look off his face.
“Asher,” I whispered, my heart aching for him. The mate bond pulsed, faint but there. He was out there, hurt, and I was stuck here.
I sat up, my body weak from that awful cloth. Darius’s eyes followed me, too intense. He thought he owned me, but he was dead wrong.
“You’re awake,” he said, his voice smooth, disg
