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The Turning Point

Author: Karen Burgress
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-28 21:45:35

Rain lashes against the windows, each drop an icy reminder of the storm that rages outside and inside me. I am standing before the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse office that belonged to Callum; my ghostly reflection against the blackness, watching the city lights blur through the downpour. It was only days ago when I first stood in this exact spot, feeling as if I were finally meant for this world. Now, the mate bond between us pulsed like a wounded animal, reminding me with every beat what I was going to lose.

Behind me, the silence is broken by the sound of papers landing on the desk. I don't need to turn around to know what they are – surveillance photos, each one a nail in the coffin of my betrayal. Week after week of meetings with government officials, each image timestamped and annotated with damning precision. My throat constricts as I catch a glimpse of myself passing files to Agent Richardson – files containing the pack's defensive positions, their safe houses, the
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