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.

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

wove through the thinning crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still carried over

of the Snowmoon Pack Alpha? She’s smart,

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

of frustration, hurt, and an odd

Linda.. Linda was simply being herself,

with Arnold and the years she had spent hoping

breeze brushed against her face, offering a small moment of

fleeting moment, she thought it

at the screen. It was

07:58

Farewell Half A Life Without My

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slipped the phone

voice interrupted her thoughts, soft yet

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

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

she exclaimed,

where you’re going,” came the clipped

man’s tone was curt, and as their eyes met, recognition flashed between

said, her voice neutral, though her pulse quickened slightly.

he replied, his expression

and an air of arrogance that matched

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