ALPHA KING DAMIEN
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It was instantaneous.
The sharp feeling. The hot pain and the blinding weakness.
I felt every damn thing at once. The moment she felt it, I did too, my heart sinking so fast I stumbled right before the one person I couldn’t afford to look weak.
“Jo–Joanna!” I screamed through the twisting bond, my lungs closing up so tightly I feared I would choke if I tried to inhale.
However, I didn’t get a response. I couldn’t even be sure if she had heard me because at that moment, it felt like our bond was snapping… Like she was—
“Dying…” Karn growled, his heart racing with my sinking one. “Mate is dying, Damien. She’s in trouble.”
I gripped the wall closest to me. Or at least I tried, my claws digging into the brick. My legs wanted to move, but at the same time, my b
