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

the thinning crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still carried

the reigning champion, but did you know she’s the only daughter of the Snowmoon Pack Alpha? She’s smart, fearless, and has a personality that’s as magnetic as her skills. No wonder she

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

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

Linda was simply being herself, shining in

and the years she had spent hoping for something that

through the parking lot, a cool breeze brushed

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

screen. It was

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Chapter 41

head, she slipped the phone back into her

already?” a voice interrupted her thoughts, soft yet deep.

faint glow of streetlights as Sarah

sharply and almost collided with someone coming from the

she exclaimed, stepping back

came

as their eyes

neutral, though her pulse quickened

replied, his

an air of arrogance that matched his

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