Chapter 7: Unspoken Tensions

Chapter 7: Unspoken Tensions

(Elena’s POV)

“Marcus!” she said brightly, then feigned surprise at seeing me. “Oh, Elena! I didn’t know you two were

acquainted.”

I stared at Marcus and said. “No, we are not.”

Her voice carried false sweetness as she continued. “I could introduce you properly. This is Alpha Marcus

Blackwood, one of the most powerful leaders in the Northern Territory.”

The pack nurses gathered nearby, their eyes filled with envy as they watched Sophia’s casual familiarity with the Alpha.

“She’s so lucky,” one whispered.

“Imagine having connections to someone that influential, another murmured.

They had no idea I was Marcus’s actual Luna. To them, Sophia was the privileged one with access to the Alpha’s inner circle.

Marcus’s attention focused entirely on me, his wolf Logan stirring restlessly within him. He seemed to have

heard only Sophia’s words about us not being close as mates.

“I was merely discussing some pack matters with the Alpha,” I replied coolly. “I couldn’t claim any familiarity”

Marcus’s expression turned glacial, his Alpha authority radiating displeasure that made the nearby nurses

step back instinctively.

Sophia, oblivious to the underlying tension crackling between us, smiled brightly.

“If you need any help with pack issues, I’d be happy to assist,” she offered generously. “Marcus is usually quite cold toward other she–wolves, but he might make an exception.”

That won’t be necessary,” I declined firmly.

I turned and walked back toward my office, needing distance from the painful scene.

heard Sophia’s voice

Elena need help with those pack matters?” she asked

me like silver. “Don’t bother yourself with that

echoed as he walked away, leaving his

word. The

disputes and fights, but he had never

what had happened

but hearing him dismiss my family so coldly

members were nothing but greedy, opportunistic pack

Chapter 7: Unspoken Tens

(Sophia’s POV)

into her office, Marcus glanced at her door with an

expression.

relationship between Marcus and Elena was far more complex then

the Northern Territory. I had played the role of a single mother, hoping Marcus’s

about Elena. I deliberately spoke louder, ensuring she would hear his negative opinion through the thin

such people,” I said,

situation.

up Oliver from Crescent Ridge Academy? We could have dinner

more serious. “Have you seen the

stiffened, realizing my orchestrated attempt to create scandal linking Oliver,

been suppressed by his public relations

revelation made me understand that Marcus’s feelings

sorry for involving

can’t prioritize Oliver in everything.” Marcus stated firmly. “He’s not my son. I’ve hired a pack nanny

boundaries and reluctantly agreed. “Of

Marcus left, rage exploded within me. I swept the medical documents from my desk, papers

across the floor.

I immediately

private investigator.

dig

(Elena’s POV)

healing duties at the institute

in the Great Hall. His

Shadow Gate Foyer, surprised by his presence. He hadn’t been home to

much lately.

noticed me through his heightened Alpha senses. He turned

eaten.”

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