Jimson stammered, “I was–checking for injuries. You were

bleeding, and I thought-”

“You weren’t trying to help,” I cut in. “You were excited”

The words hung in the air like poison. Jimson’s lips clamped

shut. He looked around, as if begging someone–anyone–to

come to his defense, but no one moved. Not even Jess.

Neil Green’s voice came through Gai’s phone, crisp and

commanding. “I think the truth is clear now!”

The crowd instinctively straightened. Even Alexander’s jaw

tensed slightly as he turned toward the sound.

“Alexander,” Neil said, “you know what to do. Handle it

properly. Call the authorities if you must. But show no mercy to

anyone who betrays our pack like this.”

Jimson collapsed to the floor like a broken puppet.


“Also,” Neil continued, his voice softer, “Miss Olivia. You’ve

shown incredible bravery and wit in an impossible situation. Consider this your formal welcome to the Green Group.”

My mouth parted slightly. He knew. He had figured it out–I

didn’t have a recorder. It was all a bluff. But he played along, not

exposing me, not questioning me. Just like that, he pulled me

into the circle. Into safety.

“Thank you, Alpha,” I whispered toward the phone.

After hanging up the phone, the tension that had been holding

my body together gave way. I couldn’t stay upright any longer. My knees buckled, and before I hit the floor, I fell into someone’s

arms–warm, strong, safe. Sandalwood. Familiar.

Alexander.

wanted to disappear into that scent, into

wanted to collapse,


Just cry. Just be

I heard it–another voice.

through everything.

“Olivia?”

Was this Ethan’s

It was

to convince myself it was a

I blacked

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poured through tall windows and painted warm golden

and propped

at the ceiling, hoping that everything had just been

dream.


then I

And I saw him.

Ethan.

the chair next to

me as if he’d been watching me

The moment our gazes met,

forward.

“Olivia-”

I jerked back instinctively.

reached for my forehead.

touch me,”

hand hovering

here?” I demanded,


have no right to

heard.”

was

should never have-”

to hear another word. “You’re

to

because I want to

my eyes and looked away. “There’s no ‘making

done. You were done the moment

over me. The moment you broke every promise

made.”

mean to hurt you,”

my Luna. You’ve always


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