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e noise behind me slowly began to fade

and my team was still celebrating somewhere behind

e corridor that led toward the exit, trying to ign

hockey world was n

er stopped demanding answers and a future I had never agreed to.As Alpha, they all wanted the same t

every quiet conversation ended i

A perfect symbol for unity. A perfect way to satisfy expectations without conflict bu

r to the exit, freedom was supposed

pressure from a

s, slightly hidden from the main path where everyone else had already left. At first I almo

the one who had fallen during the match and stood alone

e it much. They used something

irl." As if reducing someone

ed I had done it, she looked wors

mpletely collapsed and she was trying to sit

inally noticed me, her eyes lifted slightly, red and wet, and for a mome

almost broken. "Do you

ike she had been hold

tly. "I did not come

trength to hold eye contact for long. Then I aske

e you c

the edge of the jacket I had given her earlier, and I could see her try

tting inside her chest for too long and finally forced t

ward slightly as if her body could no longe

ifted, not sympathy al

rstood what it meant. "It scr

n her. It was not the usual reaction I had learned to control o

uietly, watching her break apart in front of me while

, I did not wal

egain whatever dignity she still had left. "I am fin

I had seen enough peo

My gaze stayed on her

lly, still unaware of how strongly my wolf was react

ike something inside me had already decided before my mind had caught up. I stepped slightly closer withou

steady but different."Do you mind comi

en us like something n

body froz

confusion breaking through

d in that silence, I realized I had just changed everyth

eady chosen and wouldn'