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Chapter 101 Chapter 101 Francesco’s Point of View: When my consciouness back pain met me first. It crept up from the edges of my mind like frostbite–slow, cruel, and relentless. Then came the fire. Wolfsbane, thick in my bloodstream, burning my nerves from the inside out. I didn’t open my eyes right away because I couldn’t.. What is this? Every instinct in me screamed that I was in danger–and worse–that she was in danger. My Luna, My mate. My Ellaine…. Where is she now? I forced my fingers to curl. Metal resisted. Chains. Silver. My eyelids peeled open, vision blurring. A narrow, torch–lit cell. The air was heavy. Enchanted stone. Sealed runes in the mortar. No wind. No sound beyond the drip of water. And no scent of her, I can’t smells her, my Luna, My Ellaine anywhere near me. And that was wrong. So wrong. I tried to move. My body was sluggish, every muscle fighting the aftershock of poison. But the fear–the raw, pulsing panic–was stronger. What is this? My heart beating fast when I notice it. Something was wrong with Ellaine. I can’t feel her. Why? I tried to reach her through the bond. That soft, ever–present hum that tethered us–like sunlight against my ribs. But it wasn’t there. It was dim, flickering, fading. No. No, no, no. What is going on? Is like she’s nowhere in this world. My heart slammed against my ribs. I growled, a deep, guttural sound that shook the chains. They did something to her. I knew it. 1/4 15.58 InUFT Chapter 101 Because I could felt it. I remembered everything–her falling. Her scream. The way she reached for me as she collapsed. The council. The guards. The treachery, I remembered that bastard rogue–Luca before I fainted. How is he here? How come the council work with him? And now, all I felt was empty cold because of the betrayal and anger. I yanked against the chains. Once. Twice. They didn’t budge. They were old magic. Lycan–forged. But I didn’t care. “Let me out,” I snarled. My voice was a rasp, soaked in venom. There was no answer. I growled again, louder this time, letting the beast inside me rise to the surface. My claws burst from my fingertips. My eyes burned gold. The air rippled. The wolf inside me screamed her name. Ellaine. Where was she? Why couldn’t I feel her? Then came the pain in my chest. Not poison. Not silver, Something else. Severance. A pull, like someone was trying to peel her memory out of my soul. My mate bond wasn’t just dimming. It was being cut. I roared. … Read more