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

didn’t want to see Arnold’s oblivious face or Linda’s radiant triumph,

the thinning crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still

did you know she’s the only daughter of the Snowmoon Pack

magnetic as her skills. No

Harrison hadn’t even noticed her

Her footsteps:

frustration, hurt, and an odd sense of

angry at Linda Linda was simply being herself, shining in her own right.

the years she had spent hoping

brushed against her

it might be Arnold.

was nothing – a

she shippest the phone back to her

into

her thoughts

a

fand glow of

burriedly walked

her thoughts preoccupiest,

someone coming

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his expression hardening

an air of

a reflection of the

already cold demeanor turned glacial as he studied her, his gaze sharp and

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