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.

didn’t glance back, didn’t want to see Arnold’s oblivious face or Linda’s

through the thinning crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic

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

roll off her like water. Harrison hadn’t even noticed her leaving,

a jumble of frustration, hurt, and an odd sense of clarity.

Linda.. Linda was simply being herself,

she had spent hoping for something that

a cool breeze brushed

phone vibrated, and for a fleeting moment, she thought it

It

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already?” a voice interrupted her thoughts, soft

bathed in the faint glow of streetlights

turned a corner too sharply and almost collided with someone

exclaimed,

you’re going,” came

was curt, and as their

her voice neutral,

replied, his expression hardening instantly.

a muscular build and an air

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