Chapter 29

“Nora,” Harrison saul, his face fushed weath excitement, “you can’t tell me you’re not in love with her now. Isn’t she just amazing?

Noca hestated, a small smile playing on her lips

Noua found herselt standing amidst the deafening cheers of the crowil, her emotions a quiet storm compared to the chaos around her.

She looked at Arnold once again, his focus entirely on Lista.

eyes glimmered with admutations, a book she had long yearned for but never truly received.

A sadden thought crossed her mind

What if I reached out? What if past this once, he responded?

Het bears wavered, and despite her better judgment, she decided to try. Mindlinking Arnold, she sent a tentative message. “Arnold?”

Suence

Her shoulders sagged as the realization settled in though deep down, she wasn’t surprised.

swer. She thought, watching him with a bitter smule. Arnold’s gaze never left Linda, as if the world had narrowed to only her. Nora’s chest tightened, but she managed to sinile, calm and composed, even as the faint sting of rejection lingered.

Turning on her heel, she walked away from the awards stage.

She didn’t glance

see Arnold’s oblivious face

crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still carried over the

she the reigning champion, but did you know she’s the only daughter of the Snowmoon Pack Alpha? She’s

that’s as magnetic as her skills. No wonder she has so many fans?”

her like water. Harrison hadn’t even noticed her leaving, too

Her footsteps:

jumble of frustration, hurt, and an

angry at Linda Linda was simply being herself, shining

issue lay with Arnold and the years she had spent hoping for something

breeze brushed against her face, offering a small moment of

she thought it might

– a

she shippest the phone back

into

her thoughts

a

fand glow of

burriedly walked

her thoughts preoccupiest,

siel almost collided with someone

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his expression hardening

an air

of superiority, a reflection of the tight–knit pack hierarchy he thrived

as he studied her, his gaze

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