THE CLAIMING IGNITES
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📖 CHAPTER 6 – THE CLAIM IGNITES (PART 2)
The pull slammed into her without warning, tightening around her chest and dropping lower, spreading heat through her body in a way that made her breath catch.
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Her pulse raced.
Her skin warmed.
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Something inside her responded—sharp, immediate, awake.
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What is happening—
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Her knees nearly gave out.
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Jay Kael was already moving.
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Nothing else mattered.
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Not the Alpha.
Not the room.
Not the consequences.
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Only her.
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He crossed the distance in seconds.
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His hand closed around her arm.
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The moment their skin touched—
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It hit.
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A surge of heat, sharp and consuming, racing through both of them at once.
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Claire gasped softly, her body reacting instantly—energy sparking beneath her skin, her breath catching as awareness flooded through her.
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Not pain.
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Connection.
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Deep.
Immediate.
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“What—”
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“Not. Another. Word.”
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His voice dropped low, rough with restraint, every syllable controlled—but barely.
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The room fell silent.
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Because they felt it.
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The claim.
The tension.
The way the air thickened around them.
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Jay Kael’s grip tightened just slightly, his thumb shifting against her skin as if grounding himself—though it only made the connection burn stronger.
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He didn’t look away.
Couldn’t.
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Then he moved.
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Pulling her against him, lifting her effortlessly as her body reacted on instinct—drawn into him instead of away.
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Her breath hitched, her hands catching briefly against his shoulders, heat rolling between them in waves that made her head spin.
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“What are you doing?” she asked, her voice unsteady now, no longer fully controlled.
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He didn’t answer.
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Because answering meant acknowledging how close he was to losing control completely.
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His jaw tightened, grip firm as he held her in place.
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And then, low—so low it brushed against her ear—
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“Not now…”
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The words were strained.
Restrained.
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Claire’s breath caught again.
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Because she could feel it.
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The tension in him.
The way his body reacted to hers.
The way something between them refused to settle.
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And for the first time—
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She didn’t feel invisible.
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She felt chosen.
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🔥 End Chapter 6
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