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,

crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still carried over

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

personality that’s as magnetic as her skills. No wonder

roll off her like water. Harrison hadn’t even noticed her leaving, too engrossed in singing Linda’s praises.

Her footsteps:

a jumble of frustration, hurt, and an

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

Arnold and the years she had spent hoping

against her face, offering a

thought it might

– a genetic notification

head, she shippest the phone

into

alinadya are interrupted her thoughts soft yet

a

fand glow

burriedly walked toward ber

her thoughts preoccupiest,

someone coming trouu the opposite

Chapter 29

“he replied, his

build and an air of arrogance

a reflection of the tight–knit pack hierarchy

as he studied

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