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Chapter 84

Author: Zayna Vale
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K A I D A

Jace.

Alive...

Standing in front of me like a ghost resurrected from my past.

Like he never left. Like he never died.

I stare at him, my body locked in place, my breath shallow and uneven. My pulse pounds so violently against my ribs that I can barely think, barely process. He's older, more muscular, and even taller than the last time I saw him.

This doesn’t make sense.

It can’t make sense.

I watched him die...

I saw his body, lifeless, unmoving. I heard the agonizing screams of my pack as they were slaughtered one by one. And when I returned to this place after the attack, there was nothing left.

So how is he here? How?

I take a shaky step forward, my voice nothing but a whisper. "Jace..."

His name barely leaves my lips, and yet, it feels like the entire world shifts around us.

Jace’s eyes lock onto mine, and for a moment, something flash in them... relief, disbelief, something raw and painful.

"You’re alive…" His voice is rough, strained, like he can’t quite b
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