#Chapter 58: Getaway Driver
I’m pacing my living room, a glass of whiskey in hand, lost in my thoughts. The night has been a

coc ktail of emotions—high spirits at the party, laughter with Abby… And then, of course, there was the

palpable tension with Chloe.

I thought I had managed to keep my feelings under wraps, maintain the casual facade. But Chloe had

to go and ruin it, filling the air with words like poison darts.

“Stay away from him,” she had whispered to Abby, not knowing that I was within earshot.

Who the hell does she think she is?

I throw myself onto the leather chair, my fingers gripping the armrests, the echo of Chloe’s words still

fresh in my mind. “Stay away from him,” she had said, as though her voice could erect a wall between

Abby and me—a wall I’m not certain even I could scale at this point.

“What is her problem?” I growl to myself, my thoughts a whirlwind of frustration.

“She clearly dislikes you,” my wolf interjects, his voice a rumbling presence in the depths of my

consciousness.

“You think I can’t see that? And it’s not the first time, either,” I retort, my mind slipping back in time, to

another party, another confrontation.

It had been a similar occasion. Friends, laughter, a lively atmosphere.

Abby had been radiant, the center of my universe. But then Chloe had started arguing with me. About

what, I can barely remember.

What I do recall is the anger, my territorial instincts flaring up, the undeniable urge to assert my

dominance. I had ended up kicking her out of the party.

The aftermath was equally vivid. Abby had been furious, her eyes ablaze with a fire I had rarely seen.

“You’re trying to ruin my friendships, Karl,” she had yelled, her voice strained with emotion. She had left

with Chloe, her best friend, her confidant. Abby hadn’t come home for two days. When she finally did,

the atmosphere between us had been colder than a winter night.

told me, her voice heavy with disappointment when

to my friends,

the weight

loud. “If I ever have a chance with Abby again, am

her friends who can’t

touch of reproach

What

up. And I’m working d mn hard to

snap, my voice tinged with bitterness. “But it’s like no one can see that.

me a chance to prove

voice softening. “She might not fully realize it yet, but she

wouldn’t allow you back into her life, even in

has.”

the words sink in, a tiny glimmer

my wolf is right. Maybe Abby does see the

to rebuild

on the coffee table, ripping me from my internal monologue. The caller

my ever-efficient

“Hello?”

come home next weekend,” she says without preamble. “Your Council

meeting. Can you come?”

since I moved to

it off any

I say, gritting my teeth. “I’ll

life I left behind and the one

and sometimes I drop the

again, pulling me back to the present. This time, it’s Abby.

dread mingling with anticipation. It’s late. Why

calling?

trying to keep

her voice tinged with anxiety.

lost. And—”

your location. I’m coming to get you,” I interrupt, my heart pounding. In a

a primal

for the door, locking my apartment

in my car in record time, my phone guiding me

I drive, I find myself mulling over what the

flour at each other like a couple of lovestruck

out of her life because her best friend tells her to keep her distance. And now here I am,

middle of the night

the villain in their narrative, or just a casualty of

thought is cut short as my phone indicates that I’m nearing Abby’s location. My eyes scan

eventually catching sight of her standing

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