MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Chapter: 44

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ALTAIR:

With the details of our plan finalized, we emerged from the closet, ready to set our scheme in motion. However, as we stepped back into my room, Bryn’s curiosity sparked a question lingering in her mind.

“Al,” she said, placing her hands on her hips and furrowing her brow in thought. “Why are you so interested in this vampire? I mean, we’ve never met him before, and suddenly you care about him so much. It doesn’t make sense!”

I paused, caught off guard by her inquiry. It was true—my feelings for Talon felt overwhelming and inexplicable. “I don’t know, Bernie,” I admitted, my voice unsteady. “There’s just something about him. When I found him in the forest… it was like I could feel his pain—deeper than that, even. It was scary, but I knew I wanted to help and protect him. I may be small, but that didn’t matter. I didn’t even think; I just acted. And now, it’s like he’s more important than my own Birth Omega.”

Bryn’s eyes widened in mock disbelief as