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The need.
Colliding.
Rising.
Threatening to break everything.
But this time—I held it.
Barely.
Because I knew now—I would not lose control.
Not ever again.
Losing control meant that I might destroy the only thing in this world that mattered.
My mate.
My Unnasta.
My Serena.
Mine.
And that just wasn’t a fucking option.
Chapter 25-Serena
The days seemed to pass one after the other in rapid succession.
Too fast.
Too full.
Too bright.
The time I spent on my studies was mostly counting down the seconds until I could be with him again.
Raven.
The Draugr.
My mate.
Even thinking it sent a pulse of heat through my chest, like something deep inside me responded to his name before my brain could catch up.
The bond never really quieted—it stretched, bent, softened sometimes—but it was always there.
Pulsing within me.
Watching.
Waiting.
Raven was in advanced studies, so I did not have any classes with him.
We saw each other in the halls, careful glances and stolen touches, and at meals sometimes.
