LUCIAN'S POV
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She's weightless in my arms, unconscious and so light that I wonder if she even eats at all. I trudge through the woods toward where Colin told me to meet him, and every fiber of my body is telling me to take her and run in the opposite direction, to escape all of this and just be with her, but responsibilities are calling, and I've been avoiding them for too long. I don't know what's going to happen when I get home, but Millard will hide her for me.
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"What do we have here?" Colin beams at the sight of us. I curl her up a more into my arms, growling lowly. A warning. He looks away, rolling his eyes, "Protective over a girl..." he hums, amusement laced in his tone like a wildfire burning. "A mate, perhaps?" I ignore him as I push past the wall that they have broken dow
