hina'

ars had

eyes of everyone. But in his eyes, I was still

way he once did. He no longer treated me the same. Instead, he had become more

t ready to

hadows on the stone walls. The cold seeping through the lar

body, breathing in the scent of his ever-present black coat. I had thought thi

aphi

k at him. He was awake, his silver eyes fixed o

rmured sleepily, nuz

he exhaled slowly, his hand trailing down

grown, S

fr

kno

hrough my long hair, but his touch was diff

wing tonight. From now o

in the darkness as I stare

Seraphina." His voice was quiet b

r, burying my face in his neck, inhaling the familiar sc

d was my world,

pect me to acce

but this time, his voice was firmer. "We ne

the sharp, defined features sculpted by

voice barely above a whisper, lace

lickered in his silver eyes, b

ourse

you trying to

eached out, brushing his thumb gently ov

eep beside you every night, to change your clothes myself..." He hesitated, his words weighing heavi

d to my face, but I

between us," I whispered, clutchi

himself. "Seraphina, this isn't about wh

ready for this... I wasn't ready to accept th

ng my gaze to his. My voice t

ddy... don'

kened, filled with an unsettling depth, as if he w

. Something he didn't unders

slower, more hesitant, as if he were trying to

n't need

elt

e he was trying

etween the man he had always been and the

on... I was no lo

-

my bed could

bed had turned to ice. The heavy blankets did nothing to replace his absence. I

he

s wife. After all, she is already the Luna of the pack, and Dominic will be h

normal... that this was how things were

normal to me.

as for Dominic to stay by

was happy, I...

t burned

-

ys, Liam started ge

n't l

inic Blackwood, despite being his son. He lacked his father's patience, his quiet, enigmatic presence. Ins

what disturbe

y his eyes lingered on

s touches sometimes crossed a line-playful but

ared to

ept Domini

what co

rphan-a girl Dominic had ta

ght to obje

-

gathered around the

r, the scent of roasted meat filling the air-none of it was e

lare at me, her eyes burning with hostility,

she didn't stop

decided to ma

me in a voice that was soft,

stincts scream before she

my gaze-only to

sn't a re

lightly, her tone laced with false sweetness

ords send a chi

minic Blackwood, searching for som

ained stil

of this mat

ers tur

ily..." Luna continued, reaching for Liam's hand besi

sucked fro

ur wolf emerges, the we

ike I wa

h

Li

I have t

minic, searching, hopin

found wa

dn't

dn't

as if it didn't

d have

didn't want Liam, that I despised him, that he

I di

espite eve

e only way to stay clos

would a