Chapter 154

** Paige’s POV ** I can’t stop staring at my hands. They look the same as they always have… the faint freckles, the small scar near my thumb from when I sliced it open cooking years ago, but I can still feel what they did. The warmth that had pulsed beneath my skin is still a low pulsing hum, a heartbeat that doesn’t belong to me. Ronnie’s words won’t leave my head. “Not Moon Child magic... then what in the Goddess’s name are you?” I keep hearing them over and over, like the words have sunk into my bones. The question doesn’t scare me exactly, not the way it should. It just feels… heavy. Like I’ve been walking through life without realising I’ve been carrying something so powerful, and now it’s awake, it’s constantly waiting, stirring when I least expect it. The air around me shifts subtly, and I realise I’m not alone. My mates have drifted back toward me, instinctively forming a loose circle. Ryder on one side, calm but watchful. Callen and Parker hover close enough that I can feel th