a

hed my

ysical weight, but my rejection had fractured

nking, stunned that I had

over my affairs," I said, m

trieved the document I had p

ween us. "And this is a declaration of financial severance. I am waivi

my name at the bottom. The

Mil

thing to you now. Just a

avorite toy had just broken itself. "You... you can't sur

ree than live as

e, to threaten, maybe even

ll scream shatte

Ethan, i

ing her arm. There was no blood, no visibl

I think the rogue scra

r skin was unblemished. She just couldn't stand

tantly. The anger vanish

er, wrapping his arms a

ed, burying her face in his neck, sho

ng her into his arms. He turned

d back at me. For a second, he looked

till here by sunrise, I'll have the w

ering soft words to the woman who w

hed th

Not the mate bond-that was already gone. Bu

y. I just f

y badge, my clothes, and a few sketches. I left t

he cabin and didn

n the outskirts of human territory. I logged onto a public com

posted a

his official courtship with Chloe Van

aurel tree. Ethan was looking at her with that same adoring gaze he u

ts were fl

y for yo

prettier than

y, a re

d for the pain. I waited for th

thing. Just a va

oking at a pho

ed to the window. The sun was rising, pai

st. My heart was beating.

. But an empty c

ack in the north, the Silver Lake Pack

f the Moonston

empty room, testing the weight o

pped out into the morning