Aria's POV
Lydia inhaled sharply. We've smelled this before.
My heart pounded. Where? When? I couldn't remember. But I knew it. I knew this scent.
Fragments of memory flashed through my mind. Faces, voices, pack meetings, hospitals, and even training grounds. None of them stayed long enough for me to grasp.
Who could it be...? Lydia growled desperately.
I tried to turn. Tried to see the face behind me. Darkness swallowed the edges of my vision.
The last thing I heard was Noah's panicked voice crackling through the fallen communicator. "Aria! Answer me!"
I opened my mouth. No sound came out. The familiar scent lingered around me, maddeningly close, but before I could place where I'd encountered it before, everything went black.
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Consciousness returned in fragments. Pain came fir
