Odessa's POV
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When I could no longer feel my baby's life again, I snapped.
I blamed myself for it, telling myself mentally that I should've noticed the signs before the miscarriage hit.
When my baby died, it was like a seal was broken. My magic coiled out like it was a time bomb which had been waiting for this exact moment.
And then somehow I managed to get out here in this moment — floating hundreds of meters above the pack outside, a ball of dark energy twirling around me.
My reasoning was simple: if I surrendered myself to the Lord of the North, he would leave the rest of the people I care about alone.
But...
"Whatever you think you've lost, we'll get it back," Kaelos yelled below all of a sudden, his voice breaking. "But I'm not losing you."
I stared down at him, feeling the spark of the mate bond reigniting again. It had been clouded by the awakening of the chaotic magic within me, but his hopeful words had broken through, pulling me out of the void.
