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Soren's Pov “You are bleeding because of me.”I winced as Rhydian pressed a clean cloth to the cut on my arm. The room was quiet after the chaos of the ridge fight. Just us in his quarters, lantern light flickering across his tense face. My body ached but the worst part was how his touch sent confusing warmth through me.“It is nothing,” he said, voice low. He kept his eyes on the wound, cleaning it carefully. “You jumped in front of that wolf for me. Why? You could have been killed out there.”I swallowed hard. “Instinct took over. One second I was watching the fight, next I was moving. Like I knew exactly where the attack would come from. My legs just carried me. It was not even a choice.”Rhydian finished bandaging my arm and moved to the small scrape on my cheek. His fingers were gentle, but I felt the tension in them. “You should not have been out there. You are still recovering from those episodes. What if next time the pain hits in the middle of a fight? I cannot lose you like

Soren's Pov“Stop looking at me like I am already gone.”My voice cracked as another wave of pain ripped through my skull. Rhydian had not left my side all night. He sat on the floor with me, back against the wall, his strong arms keeping me steady every time the memories tried to drown me. The room felt too small, too warm with his scent mixed in the air.“I am not going anywhere,” he said quietly. His hand rubbed slow circles on my back. “Breathe through it, Soren. Tell me what you see this time.”I squeezed my eyes shut against the pounding. “A private moment. You and him under the old oak behind the training grounds. Late at night. You were arguing about pack duties keeping you apart. Then you pulled him close and said you would always choose him first, no matter what the elders thought. It felt so real. Like I lived it. I could even smell the pine needles and feel the cold bark against my back.”Rhydian went completely still. His breath hitched. “That night happened exactly like

Rhydian's POV“Why am I going crazy over a man who is not even my mate?”I paced the war room like a caged animal, blood still drying on my knuckles from the border fight. The words slipped out loud before I could stop them. My boots left muddy prints on the old wood floor. Every step replayed that moment. Soren grabbing my arm with Elio’s exact tone, warning me about the blind spot like he had said it a hundred times before. My wolf howled inside me, confused and hungry at the same time.The door creaked open. Garrick stepped in, my most trusted guard, wiping dirt from his face. Fresh scratches marked his arm from the skirmish.“Alpha,” he said, voice steady. “We pushed them back. Two of theirs down, none of ours lost. But they were testing us hard. They know something is off with you.”I stopped pacing and faced him. “Good. Let them think I am distracted. Now listen close. I need you to dig into Soren Vale. Everything. Birth records, family ties that might be hidden, where he has be

Soren's POV “Get out of my head.”I muttered it to the empty room the second my eyes snapped open. Sunlight cut through a narrow window and hit my face. My neck still ached from last night, but that was not what had me sweating. Dreams had chased me all night. Warm hands on my skin, deep laughter, a kiss that tasted like safety. None of it belonged to me.I sat up fast on the small bed in this side room attached to the alpha’s quarters. The door looked solid. I tried the handle anyway. Locked. Of course it was. My fists pounded on the wood before I could think better of it.The door opened almost right away. Rhydian stepped in, looking rough. Dark circles under his gray eyes, hair messy like he had run his hands through it a hundred times. No sleep for him either.“You are awake,” he said, voice low and tired. He closed the door behind him and leaned against it.I stayed on the edge of the bed, rubbing my eyes. “You kept me here all night. What now? More staring?”He crossed his arms

Soren's POV“You’re hurting me, Alpha.”My voice came out smaller than I wanted, squeezed tight by the massive hand wrapped around my throat. The pack house hall went dead silent except for the crackle of the big fireplace in the corner. Everyone stared. My heart slammed against my ribs like it wanted out.I had only come to drop off the patrol notes like always. Head down, say nothing, slip away. That was my job as a nobody beta. But the second I stepped close to Rhydian Blackmoor, everything went wrong.He had been standing at the front of the room listening to border reports when I walked in. The air felt heavy already. Wolves shifted on their feet, talking in low voices about rival packs pushing closer every week. I kept my eyes on the floor and held out the folded paper.Then his head snapped toward me. Those gray eyes widened. In one blur of motion he crossed the space between us, grabbed me, and slammed my back against the wooden wall. Pain shot down my spine. His fingers dug i