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LUKE'S POV.
Finally, I was truly seeing her. Finally, I was so close to holding her. My sword arm fell limp to my side, and my breath came out harshly, as I beheld her.
My heart pounded pain, nothing but raw pain, as I was finally seeing her again.
Ari took off her mask, and long, dark hair tumbled down in a curly mass. It hit me like a jolt. In mere months, my lovely cat had transformed into the tiger itself. She was the splitting image of her mother.
"Finally, we meet, Alpha Luke." She said, and the voice was so thick with confidence that it was difficult to imagine it was the Ari I knew, who was speaking.
Her eyes spoke of foreign lands. So much had changed in her. She was clearly someone else.
"What do you think of my new appearance? Who did you think you'd meet? The girl you'd once fooled?"
"Ariana."
"I've come to finish you. I'm your end, beautiful sir."