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I feel it.
She’s not freezing.
She’s not breaking.
She’s right here.
With me.
Good.
Because I’m not letting her out of my reach again.
A branch snaps.
Too close.
Gunfire erupts.
Sharp. Controlled.
Not ours.
“Contact front!” Trigger shouts.
I push Tessa down behind the SUV as bullets slam into the gravel, sparks kicking off metal.
“Stay down,” I tell her.
“I’m not leaving you,” she fires back.
Damn right she isn’t.
But that doesn’t mean I like it.
I lean out—
Fire twice.
A shadow drops near the treeline.
“One down!” Beast calls.
But there’s no time to confirm—
Because movement flashes to the right.
Too fast.
Too close.
“ACE—!” Blaze shouts.
I turn—
And he’s there.
Daniel.
