Avery’s POVI keep moving in and out of consciousness, my mind stuck in a haze between being and nothingness. The chaos around me is distant, a nightmare I don’t know if I will ever wake up from. I can hear the sounds—the snarls that resemble thunder, the splintering crack of wood, and Kane's voice, thick with anger and something else, something animalistic, wild and dangerous.I struggle with the weight that is pulling me under, but my body will not respond. The drug still deep in my veins, rendering me completely immobile, my mind is slow. Panic is about to set in, but not before an unfamiliar warmth fills me. Powerful arms pick me up, holding me against a firm chest. The smell envelops me at once—woodsmoke, pine, and him.Kane. I know that scent anywhereRelief washes over me before I can even process it. He is holding me too closely, his breathing is ragged, his heart beats beneath my cheek. "I've got you," he whispers, his voice low and harsh and edged with anger.I attempt to s
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