Chapter 278
LILA
Aurora spoke softly, her words hanging in the silence, in the balance within the pack, seeming to resound within her mind:
“Every choice ripples through into others. Be sure yours aren’t the one drowning someone you care for.”
I glared hard at the paper clutched in my shaking hands on it, Calla’s uneven words across the page read clear as day, the demand, “Sow doubt. Make them question him, or I’ll make sure your past comes to light.”
I felt my heart twist, words cutting deeper into me like a knife as I reread the message over and over.
The face of Rowan flashed into my mind, the honesty in his smile, the brightness of his eyes when he spoke about earning again the trust of his pack.
Why does he have to be so good? Why did I have to care?
I lay under a mountain of blankets, smothering, unable to get out. The murmurs of the pack outside my room filtered into my ears, a toneless reminder of how much it would cost me if Calla followed through with her threats.
“What am I doing?” I whispered, pacing. “I should have just
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walked away when she first called.
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But Calla knew too much. She was the key to unraveling it all the life I’d tried to build here.
It was some kind of treachery, a betrayal, to that one fragile. piece inside me that still hoped I could be better when Rowan. betrayed me.
I found him at the training grounds, his form economical as he showed techniques to a circle of younger wolves, voice steady, firm with corrections, yet the patience distinct beneath that weight of whispered concern surrounding his name.
“You’re gripping too tight,” he told one young werewolf, adjusting the werewolf’s hands on the practice sword. “Loosen up. If your hands are stiff, your strikes won’t flow.”
as Rowan stepped back. “Better. Now
edge of the open circle, less certain that this was a brilliant notion being nearer to him but then he looked at me
he said, mopping sweat off his forehead. “What’re
over my words my readied pretext
you,” I heard myself saying weakly, managing a smile I made myself affect
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words sounded less strained. You’ve
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nodded toward the sparring wolves. “They keep me on
a stump beside him, fidgeting my hands nervously in my lap. “You seem different,” I
the words it seemed. “I’m trying,” he said. “Each day feels
be.“.
shrunk my chest as guilt chomped down on the edges
you ever get this feeling like you are fighting a
face me; his brow furrowed. “All the time.
echoed, barely above a
a bit longer, the soft sparring sounds of the wolves. drifting across the field. It was some time before
the silence.
lot more lately,” he said softly, still questioning. “Not that I mind. It’s nice having someone who doesn’t look at
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at the soft, unexpected, even to
turned fully to me, his
much,” I said without thinking, then hastened to
small smile. “Careful, Lila. You’re starting. to sound like a
and I made myself turn
into the sunset, Rowan and I sat at the edge of the training grounds, younger wolves dispersing this way and that. The coolness of air, the weight of the
over us.
he asked abruptly,
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