CATRIONA
I jolted awake with a loud gasp, sweat coating my face. The cold marble floor bit into my skin as I lay sprawled where I’d collapsed earlier. No one heard my fall? It didn’t matter. That wasn’t the problem right now.
Forcing strength into my numb legs, I dragged myself to the elevator and headed to Gabriel’s room. Empty.
Where the hell could he be? This house was a labyrinth—multiple wings, countless corridors. I didn’t even know who his beta was to ask for help. All I knew was that betas were usually the Alpha’s right hand. But me? I was clueless and desperate.
And then those two voices returned, echoing in my head like a curse I couldn’t silence.
“This man has to die, and you can't stop it. It's his destiny.”
“Are you ready to lose the child growing in your womb?”
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