(Kael’s POV) Pain.Not physical.Worse.The moment the words left her mouth, something inside me tore apart.The mate bond screamed.I felt it.Every thread connecting us snapping violently through my chest.My knees hit the ground hard.I couldn’t breathe.“Kael!”I barely heard Adrian’s voice through the roaring in my head.Aria stood across the chamber trembling violently, silver light exploding uncontrollably around her body.The rejection wasn’t clean.That was the first terrifying thing I realized.Because the bond—didn’t fully break.It fractured.(Aria’s POV) Something went wrong.The moment I rejected him—I felt it instantly.The bond ripped apart violently—but instead of disappearing—it split.Pain exploded through my body hard enough to force a scream from my throat.Silver light erupted across the chamber like a storm.The Hunger roared.Not in victory.In anger.(The Hunger’s POV) Impossible.The bond should have collapsed completely.Why is it still connected?(Ar
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