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room was familiar-too familiar.

It was mine, or rather, it used to be.

Everything was still in its place, but it no longer felt like home.

The bed, the walls, even the sunlight streaming through the curtains felt foreign, like I was intruding in a life that no longer belonged to me.

Sitting up, I blinked, trying to piece together the fragments of last night.

Leo had brought me home, that much I remembered.

But the rest... it was a blur of emotions and exhaustion.

I wanted to leave, to run from this place, from the memories, from him.

Just as I swung my legs over the side of the bed, Lena's voice echoed in my mind, soft but

firm.

"Don't worry, nothing happened last night. But I can feel that Leo has mixed feelings for you."

I paused, confused by her words.

Mixed feelings?

That didn't seem right.

A

been steadfast in his priorities-his duty, his loyalty to

or anything

I couldn't deny the way he had looked

regret-it had been there, even if he

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I didn't

got dressed quickly, pulling on clothes that felt more like armor

to the werewolf council to

Aria was waiting, her fingers gripping a

paper.

saw me, her eyes narrowed, flashing with anger and

of Leo's familiar handwriting before she shredded

here and get the hell out. Even if you go to the

met her gaze coldly, my heart steady despite the

behind, take

my bag and

the sound of something smashing-a vase,

how easily her composure shattered in

early morning, I stood at the entrance

autumn air cut through me, the fallen leaves crunching beneath

ahead,

years ago, I had walked into this place arm in arm with Leo, our hearts full of hope as we became mates, tied to each other by love and

divorce application and walk away from a life that

closed,

Regretted

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fingers clutching

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