CHAPTER 179
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Immediately, Rose sat up properly in her seat, her body going rigid. The lingering shock of Alex’s previous revelations was shoved aside by a fresh, sharper spike of maternal fear. Her eyes, wide and searching, locked onto his.

“What are you talking about? What the hell is wrong with her?”

Alex took a slow breath, choosing his words with the care of a surgeon making a first incision. “During the attack, when she was exposed to… everything… I sensed something. An awakening. It is dormant, but it
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