LILA’S POV
The c***k echoed again.
Louder this time.
Sharpening the silence into something dangerous.
I didn’t move at first.
Didn’t breathe.
Didn’t blink.
Because I could feel it now.
Not just my power.
Not just the bond.
Something older.
Something buried deep inside my blood, now awake… stretching… hungry.
“You felt it too,” I said quietly.
My voice didn’t sound like mine anymore.
Too steady.
Too calm.
Too… controlled.
The quadruplets didn’t answer immediately.
They were watching me.
Not like before.
Not with guilt.
Not even with longing.
This was something else.
Caution.
Marcus was the first to speak.
“What just happened to you?”
I lifted my gaze slowly, meeting his eyes.
“I stopped running from it.”
The words settled heavily in the room.
Callum took a step
