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prisingly gentle for a warrior. "The pack Healer said it's a clean bre

e lawn. "He hasn't come to see me." It wasn't a question. It was a s

iet of my bedroom. "I cornered his Beta, Aiden, this morni

Sloane," I muttered, bitterne

er. "Evie, you need to stop doing this to y

upid thing. It was a phantom limb, a constant ache for his

elow caught my eye. My heart seized in my ch

't in his usual power suit but in casual jeans and a dark Henley

a small boy with blond curls. Leo. And walking on Dorian's o

nt blue eyes. She looked up at Dorian with an expression of pure adoration that made my

houlders. Leo shrieked with laughter, his

was a smile I had seen maybe twice in three years, and never once directed at me. It lit him

brushing against Dorian's cheek. He didn't pull away. He leaned

l Alpha, the beautiful Luna, their adorable so

eath beside me. "I'm goi

t. I placed a hand on her

face! This is our Luna's residence!"

below. "Go down there, injured and pathetic, and demand he pay attention to me? Be

e ash. "But I am not his Luna. She is." I gest

. It was a competition I was never even in. My role in his life was a technicality, a biological i

ate hope, the constant pain of rejection... it all just... stopped. The fire that had been b

m the window. "He

e, confused. "The

urnals, the Sylvanus legacy I'd neglected while chasing a

eed to. The image of their perfect family was burned into my mind. They were

The familiar scent of old paper and ink wa

ce. I knew my place now. It was nowhere near him. The decision settled in my