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I didn't flinch.Cage's thumb was still against the side of my neck, right over the pulse point where Louisa's scent oil coated my skin. He wasn't pressing hard. His hand barely touched me, but his fingers were unsteady, trembling against the hollow of my throat as if touching a phantom. A quiet breath hitched in his chest, his eyes wide and stunned, caught in a daze that looked almost like grief.Before he could lean closer, I brought my forearm up and hit his wrist.The hit broke his contact. In the same breath, I stepped inside his reach and hooked my boot behind his heel.He stumbled back into the map table, caught himself on the edge, and just stood there, staring at his own hand like he couldn't figure out why it had been on my skin in the first place."Whatever game this is," I said, keeping my voice flat, "drop it. My scent isn't your business. Keep your hands off me, Alpha."Cage straightened. The tightness in his mouth hadn't eased. He searched my face like he was trying to

I had already stepped away from the wall before Diana turned the corner. My expression was calm and unreadable.Diana froze, her eyes moving between Cage and me. Her face turned pale, then flushed red with anger.I stood quietly, giving nothing away."What is this?" Diana demanded, her voice shaking with her balled-up fists at her side. One of her rings caught the light as her fist tightened further and a muscle in Cage's jaw ticked once before he answered, the same tell she used to know from five years of watching his face for warmth that wasn't there anymore. "Five years, Cage. Five years I've lived in this house, and you won't even mark me. Then she arrives, and you're pinning her against a wall?"He never marked her.The realization hit me hard. Diana was supposed to be the reason he abandoned me. The political alliance. The woman he chose.So why hadn't he claimed her?I pushed the thought away before it could break through the walls I'd spent five years building."Diana, enough,

"Are we clearing the east wing for them or not, Alpha?"Gideon's voice pulled me from my thoughts. I'd been staring at the same spot on the report for ten minutes without reading a word."Clear it," I said, leaning back in my chair and forcing my voice to remain perfectly level. "Give Alpha Elena's inner circle the main suites. Put their guards on the outer perimeter."Gideon frowned. "That puts them close to the armoury. It’s a massive risk for an unknown pack. We always put visiting Alphas in visitor suites.""Right," I muttered, closing the file on my desk sharply. “Move them to the visitor area.”He stopped writing and studied me for a moment. “You’re completely distracted today, Cage. You haven’t made a slip-up like that in years.”“I’m fine,” I snapped, getting up from the desk. "She's here for an alliance. Treat her like any other visiting Alpha."I didn’t wait for a response and stalked outside the room.Later, I stood at the top of the courtyard steps waiting for the Dark Fan

FIVE YEARS LATER…“I don’t think we need to do this, Louisa.”My eyes were trained on the window while Louisa rubbed scent-masking oil onto the base of my neck. We’d done this routine countless times over the last five years, and I was yet to get used to it.“Yes, Astrid,” she muttered, rubbing calming circles in my neck. “You’ve handled rogue attacks, power struggles, and border disputes without blinking. One meeting won’t kill you.”I let out a deep breath. Today, I was meeting the people who had tried to destroy my life. I wished I didn't have to, but Louisa was right. One meeting wouldn't kill me.“It’s the Blackwoods,” I replied, the words carrying years of pain I thought I’d long buried.Louisa’s hands paused at the back of my neck. Then she continued rubbing as if nothing had happened."You don't have to prove anything to anyone, Astrid. This is business, nothing more."I stayed silent.Finally, she sighed. "Then why are you really going?"I mindlinked the driver to ready the c

Cage’s room door was slightly open when I arrived, which was strange because he never left it open.I smiled and turned the small box over in my hands. Inside was a match to the silver chain resting against my collarbone, the one he'd fastened there himself, a year ago tonight, right before he swore I'd never face the world alone.I pushed the door open fully and froze.Diana Channing, the woman everyone wanted as Luna, was pressed against Cage, kissing him. Her hands clutched his shirt, pulling him down, while his large, scarred hands, hands that knew every curve of my body, rested firmly on her waist.Diana moaned softly as Cage deepened the kiss. I didn't move. I couldn't. My mind refused to process what my eyes were showing me.My fingers went numb, and the gift box slipped from my hands, crashing onto the floor. The lid had popped open. The silver chain lay spilled across the floorboards, catching the lamplight.They immediately pulled apart.Cage stepped back like he'd been burn