Chapter 43

“Sarah,” Harrison said, his face flushed with excitement, “you can’t tell me you’re not in love with her now Isn’t she jur amazing?”

Sarah hesitated, a small smile playing on her lips.

Sarah found herself standing amidst the deafening cheers of the crowd, her emotions a quiet storm compared to the chans

around her.

She looked at Arnold once again, his focus entirely on Linda.

His eyes glimmered with admiration, a look she had long yearned for but never truly received.

A sudden thought crossed her mind.

What if I reached out? What if, just this once, he responded?

Her heart wavered, and despite her better judgment, she decided to try. Mindlinking Arnold, she sent a tentative message, *Arnold?*

Silence.

Her shoulders sagged as the realization settled in, though deep down, she wasn’t surprised.

*He won’t answer.* She thought, watching him with a bitter smile. Arnold’s gaze never left Linda, as if the world had narrowed to only her.

Sarah’s chest tightened, but she managed to smile, calm and composed, even as the faint sting of rejection lingered.

Turning on her heel, she walked away from the awards stage.

to see Arnold’s oblivious face or Linda’s

thinning crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still

know she’s the only daughter of the Snowmoon Pack Alpha? She’s smart, fearless, and

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

footsteps quickened, her thoughts a jumble of frustration, hurt, and an odd sense of

at Linda.. Linda was simply

Arnold and the years she had spent hoping

breeze brushed against her face, offering a small moment of relief

vibrated, and for a fleeting moment, she thought it might be Arnold.

glanced at the screen. It was nothing–a generic

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head, she slipped the

interrupted her thoughts, soft yet deep.

lot was bathed in the faint glow of streetlights as Sarah hurriedly walked toward her

corner too sharply and almost collided with someone coming from the opposite direction.

excuse mel” she exclaimed, stepping back

you’re going,” came the clipped

tone was curt, and as their eyes met, recognition

voice neutral, though her pulse

he replied, his expression hardening

and an air of arrogance that

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