Chapter 24 The emotional weight of everything I’ve shared with Tristan settles over me like a heavy blanket. My body feels drained, hollowed out from finally speaking the words I’ve kept locked inside for so long. But there’s also a strange sense of relief, like a poison that’s finally been
Chapter 23 “You didn’t fail,” he says firmly, “You survived. You got away from him, and you came home. That took incredible strength, incredible courage p> I want to believe him. I want so desperately to see myself through his eyes, through the eyes of someone who loves me unconditionally.
Chapter 22 “But it did happen again. And again. Each time, he’d find a way to make it about the mate bond. I was disrespecting our connection, I was being ungrateful for the gift the goddess had given us. The bond that was supposed to protect me became the weapon
Chapter 21 The word protector‘ tastes like acid in my mouth now. “ So I quit. And for a while, things seemed better. He was so happy, so affectionate. He’d tell me how proud he was that I trusted him enough to let him take care of me. But then…”
Chapter 20 Hired for Devon, put the way she had for Tristan. But I’d chavinced myself that the frantic flatter of my heart and him ex whwaigh, that the way he made me ter spoil and dunsen wes love, How wrong I’d been. And? Tur* ** ** carefully controlled, but
Chapter 19 Yes, he does. Because I’m his sister. I am their sister, in every way that matters to them, even if I and Tristan don’t share blood. 546 Even if my wolf still whimpers every time I hear him say it, still yearns for a bond that will never
Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Athena’s POV 146 For the first time in months, I sleep without nightmares. Tristan holds me through the night, just like he used to when we were younger. Back when he was still just Orion’s best friend, the older boy who treated me like the little
Chapter 17 The desperate terror in that mental plea makes my blood freeze in my veins. She’s calling for me through our pack bond, something she hasn’t done since she was a child. The fact that she’s reaching out now, when she’s been so closed off, so determined to handle
Chapter 16 Chapter 16 It’s been four days now since she started following me to the repair store. On our way back, I decided to get my regular shave. I’m at the counter, paying for my supplies, when I glance over at her. She’s standing frozen in the middle of
Chapter 15 All three of us Orion, Athena, and i took that advice to heart. We didn’t rush into anything, didn’t let the pack’s whispers and expectations pressure us into making hasty decisions. Orion was the first to actually let himself feel a real mate bond when he met Sarah,
Chapter 14 Chapter 14 rov ( Tristan’s POV Five years. Five long, torturous years since I’d last seen her face. $ 46 Standing in that crowded airport, I scan the sea of passengers flooding through the arrival gates. My palms are sweating, and I can’t remember the last time I
Chapter 13 A446 I lie there for hours, staring at the ceiling, trying to convince myself that I’m overreacting. It was just a name. Just a coincidence. Daxon doesn’t know where I am. Around ten, I hear his bike roar to life and fade into the distance like always. Tristan’s
Chapter 12 Daxon? Right beside me? 46 My heart feels like it stops completely. The world around me seems to tilt, and for a moment, I can’t think straight. How did he find me? I thought I was safe down here, hidden away from everything that haunts me. But somehow,
Chapter 11 There’s something therapeutic about making order from chaos, about taking scattered information and turning it into something coherent and useful. Each completed task feels like a small victory against the darkness that’s been consuming me. My phone buzzes with a text from Tristan: How’s the first day back
Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Three years. That was after I stopped picking his calls. Even with all 1 had done, pushing him away, cutting him off, disappearing without explanation, they thought of me and kept my place for me. They waited for me, The realization hits me like a truck.
Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Avants they it can ling the lattom of the display. Best Local Business‘ three years running. Community Service Award” for the free oil thanars they gave to single mothers Newspaper clippings about their business, yellowed with age but carefully preserved behind glass. Memorise All of it,
Chapter 8 ‘Come on, Tristan says gently, “Let me show you what we’ve built p> The words hang in the air between us, loaded with meaning I’m not sure I’m ready to unpack. But I follow him anyway, my feet moving almost of their own accord as we step deeper
Chapter 7 I’m already dressed when I hear Tristan moving arwind quietly through the frame, trying not to wire before dawn, restless and determined. She’s been whispering plans in thy way at night, guiling and free ag years–purpose. We need to move, she insists. Sitting still makes us easy targets.
Chapter 6 Memories Drift Chapter 6 They’re looking at each other the same way Daxon and I looked at each other before he changed, before his wolf turned possessive and cruel. She’s beautiful, my wolf observes with surprising calm. He looks happy. She makes him happy. I push the thought
Chapter 5 He pulls out of the parking spot slowly, giving me time to adjust. The motorcycle purrs beneath us like a contented beast, and I can’t help but think how fitting that is. Everything about Tristan has always reminded me of something wild, something barely contained. Even now, after