Marsai:
My heart thundered violently in my chest, and I could feel sweat prickling at my forehead, trailing down in trembling beads. Even my palms were now slick.
Was this how I was going to lose him?
“Marsai?”
The sound of my name snapped me out of my spiraling thoughts. I turned sharply, and there they were. Navian and Miles. They were walking toward me with faces etched in anguish.
Before they could say a word, my legs gave out, and I collapsed into their arms, clutching at them as though they were my lifeline.
“He’s… gone,” I choked out, the words tumbling from my lips between ragged breaths. “Th-they took him. They did.”
Tears streamed steadily down my face, carving hot trails along my cheeks. The thought of returning to the pack without him felt unbearable. Maybe this decision
