Marked by My Ex's Biggest Rival novel · Chapter 13 of 24
Chapter 13: The Line at Dawn
Roark beat me across the yard.
I ran after him barefoot in the frost, in his T-shirt and yesterday's jeans.
Addison was sitting on her bedroom floor with her back against the bed.
Her braid was soaked dark with sweat.
Both her hands were pressed flat to her ribs.
"She's scratching," she said. "Roark, she's scratching."
He went down on his knees in front of her.
He put the back of his hand to her forehead, the way he had to mine on the riverbank.
This time he left it there and closed his eyes.
"There's no moon tonight," he said. "It's eleven days early."
"Tell her that."
I knelt on her other side.
She was hot through her flannel sleeve, but it wasn't the coal-in-the-throat heat I remembered.
"What's happening to her?" Krista said from the doorway.
Roark took a long breath.
"Mom had this before her Awakening. Grandma called it a false waking. The wolf turns over early when the girl's scared enough."
"I'm not scared," Addison said.
"You're terrified, Addie."
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