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~Thorne's POV
I was about to drift off to sleep when it hit me, a sudden, sharp burn along the crescent tattoo on my back. My eyes shot open, heart thudding. What the hell…?
The pain was strange, different from anything I had ever felt. It wasn't just pai, —it was power. Something ancient and raw surged through me, spreading through my veins like fire. I gasped, clutching my back, feeling energy I hadn't known existed.
Then I smelled it. A scent, sharp and strange, pulling at something deep inside me. My wolf instincts flared instantly. It wasn't normal, not like anything I'd tracked before. Something, or someone, was calling to me.
I swung my legs off the bed, standing as the power continued to pulse through me. "Damn… what is going on?" I muttered, voice low, rough with the strain of the sensation.
I didn't have time to think. I pulled on my clothes quickly, the energy inside me refusing to calm. My soldiers noticed the sudden urgency.
