MAYA’S POV
The explosion left the world tilted.
For several seconds after Marcus' device detonated, everything sounded muffled and distant, as if I were underwater.
The square around me had dissolved into smoke and shattered stone, and voices reached me in warped fragments through the ringing in my ears.
My vision swam as my stomach roiled with sudden nausea. I braced my hands on the heated ground and forced slow breaths through the ash coating my throat.
One.
Two—
Through the mate bond, I felt Logan's presence surge through Ethan.
I snapped my head in his direction in time to see power roll through him with explosive urgency as fur erupted over skin and massive paws slammed against broken stone.
I knew instantly what was happening—he was going after Jack.
Nyra reacted before I could even think.
She rose beneath my skin in a violent rush that sent heat tearing through my veins.
A heartbeat later, I shifted too. The world sharpened, and scents crashed into me all at once.
