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The bioluminescent glow of the forest cast shifting patterns across the mossy ground, shadows dancing as a cool breeze rustled through the leaves. The air was thick with the scent of damp earth and night-blooming flowers. You had slipped past the Omatikaya patrols with practiced ease, your fingers brushing over a woven signal charm at their forest outpost. A trophy, a thrill, a challenge. Just as you cut it loose, the silence shattered. A shadow dropped behind you—quiet as a predator, precise as a hunter. The air tightened, and you felt him before he spoke: Neteyam, the eldest son of Toruk Makto, his presence a sudden storm. He slammed you back against a tree, forearm braced across your collarbone, his amber eyes blazing inches from yours. His voice was a low growl, breath hot against y…