Fated in fire and silver

THE MOMENT THE WORLD STOPPED

📖 CHAPTER 5 – THE MOMENT THE WORLD STOPPED (PART 1)

The Silver Star pack house was quiet.

Too quiet.

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Jay Kael felt it the moment he stepped inside.

Wrong.

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The air was too clean. The scents too controlled. The wolves too… contained.

They bowed as he passed.

Lowered their heads.

Watched him like prey pretending not to be seen.

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Good.

They shouldn’t feel comfortable.

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“Alpha Jay Kael,” the Silver Star Alpha greeted, stepping forward with a polished smile.

It didn’t reach his eyes.

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Jay Kael didn’t return it.

Didn’t acknowledge it.

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Because his focus had already locked onto something else.

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That scent.

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It hit him harder now—filling his lungs, sliding down his throat, settling deep in his chest like it had been waiting for him.

Cool.

Soft.

And laced with something that made his body tighten instantly.

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His wolf surged forward.

Violent.

Possessive.

Mine.

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Heat flared beneath his skin, sharp and immediate, his muscles tightening as something deeper took hold—something that didn’t ask permission.

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“Let’s sit,” the Alpha continued.

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Jay Kael didn’t move.

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Because she was close.

He could feel it now.

Not just scent—

Presence.

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And then—

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She walked in.

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Everything stopped.

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The world narrowed until there was nothing left but her.

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Claire.

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She carried a tray, head lowered, unaware of the way the room had just shifted around her.

Unaware of what she had just done to him.

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The moment she crossed the threshold—

Something inside him snapped.

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Not broke.

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Unlocked.

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Heat surged violently through his body, his breath turning uneven for the first time in years as his wolf pushed forward with a force that demanded release.

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Mate.

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The word didn’t echo.

It claimed.

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Jay Kael’s eyes locked onto her like nothing else in the world existed.

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Her scent hit him full force now.

And it wasn’t soft.

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It was intoxicating.

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It wrapped around him, dragged through his veins, igniting something raw and undeniable that settled low and heavy in his body.

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His control slipped.

Just enough.

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And then—

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She looked at him.

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Blue.

Glowing.

Alive.

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The impact was instant.

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His breath left him in a slow exhale as something deeper than instinct locked into place.

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Not weak.

Not omega.

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Power.

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Claire froze where she stood.

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Because she felt it too.

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🔥 End Chapter 5