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Caden’s POV:

Stephanie’s face refused to leave my head. It lingered there, sharp and uninvited—the look in her eyes, the way her expression had twisted with hurt. Just thinking about it made something restless stir inside me. My wolf wasn’t any calmer either; if anything, it was worse. Agitated. Protective. Angry.

Why did it always have to be her?

It felt like the world had decided she was the easiest target, like people kept testing how much she could take before she finally broke. And the wor
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