across the cold s

me-it was nothing more

anyone. A piece born from heartbreak. I have no clue how Silvia found o

d to have dinner together. I waited, full of hope

hind the Blackwood Pack manor, the moonlight stretching my shadow long and thin. It wasn't until later I fou

tered. So, I went back to my room and poured

in and dressed it up as i

exactly

out a wolf spirit, longing for a place to belong. But Silvia's painting? None of that. Hers was just an empty imitation, all surface-level moonlight and a wolf, no

voice pulled me fro

. going to say no to Alpha Brian? He's the Alpha of the Blackwood P

one looking at that sham of a

ned in surprise

g, "tell him the Rose Gallery would be honored to showcase hi

entrance, under the best lighting. Make sure it's t

press further. He simply nodded and said, "Und

"And one more thing-get that painting I did three years ago, 'The

in an instant, his confused look transformed into one o

rf

s world? Didn't you want to show off your "talent

make it hap

very top, and then I'll

-the priceless look on her fa

myself a glass of water. The icy liquid slid down my thro

name flashing on the screen was o

ia

ling, he'd sent a message. That familiar, commanding

t our divorce yet. You need to organize the family dinner. This is what yo

una...

disbelief, surged up from my

ound echoed in the empty

he lawn for everyone to trample on. He choked me, crushed me with that

fishness and arro

rds swirling in my mind, ready to pierce through him like a sha

learn how to ignore