“Yes,” Claire answered, startled by the intensity in his tone. “Why?”
Mark didn’t hesitate. “Go back to the station—right now! You need to go back!”
There was a pause, and when Mark spoke again, his voice was softer, but filled with certainty. “You’re safe now. But someone was watching you. Someone who’s been following you. Someone… familiar.”
Claire’s breath caught. Her mind replayed the man’s gaze, the way it had pinned her in place. “How do you know that?” she whispered. “How could you possibly know?”
But she already sensed the answer. It wasn’t logic. It wasn’t proof. It was something deeper.
Somehow, Mark had felt her fear from miles away. Somehow, he had known she wasn’t alone on that train.
The Bond Beyond Distance
Claire turned slowly, retracing her steps back toward the station. The crowd bustled around her—strangers in a hurry to get somewhere—but she no longer felt lost among them.
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