Third Person POV

When Aubrey stepped out of the bath, Alpha Henry was gone.

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She sat in silence for a while, letting her heartbeat return to normal. Then she grabbed a light snack, wandered through the lab to check on things, and later went to find Adelyn for a bit of conversation. On her way back, she ran into Wemble.

He was standing in the corridor, quietly admiring a camellia in bloom. A beige plaid sweater and white cotton trousers softened his frame, making him look every bit the scholar. But Aubrey had heard the stories–Wemble was no mere gentle soul. He had once been a formidable beta warrior, fighting shoulder to shoulder with Alpha Henry.

“You’re here,” he said warmly, nodding toward the flower. “Tell me, is it pretty?”

His smile carried a kind of refined calm, disarming in its softness. Almost against her will, Aubrey stepped closer.

She didn’t know much about flowers. After a long look, she gave the only answer she could manage. “It’s pretty.”

Wemble’s smile deepened, the kind that made him seem effortlessly approachable. “We haven’t talked much lately. How have you been feeling?”

Aubrey’s lashes lowered. After a pause, she admitted, “Lately, I’ve been… flooded with unnecessary feelings. My senses feel too tangled.”

Henry, but found herself unable. Every time he drew near, some part of her held back,

brow. “That’s a good

good?” Aubrey frowned. “It

means you’re closer to being whole. Closer to an ordinary wolf.” He paused, then added gently, “Not that you were


Aubrey stilled.

slowly, “mean I’m going back to who I was before?” Her expression tightened.

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“Don’t worry. You won’t go back. You’ll only move

“Better than now?”

Pearls

all the traits you hated, so you were reborn. But with time, with thought, with facing yourself honestly, you begin to choose again–taking back what never should have been discarded, and letting go of what truly needs to stay gone. That is true rebirth. And when it comes, you’ll be more than this

tone low. “But things discarded… don’t they deserve to stay gone? Like weakness–what use is

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