LOGINTRISTAN"I'm keeping you safe. You're not going to work anymore until you give birth and you're safe," I said, flexing my arms.I didn't sleep in a comfortable position yesterday, and my body was paying for it with that dull ache in my shoulders.She scoffed and crossed her arms. "You can't just do that. What am I supposed to tell the director? I still have months left and what about my clinic appointments?""It's either you tell her or I tell her myself. For the clinic, you'll be going with me from now on."She studied me for a long moment, like she was trying to figure out who the hell was standing in front of her. Her amber eyes narrowed just a little."Imagine that. You're heading out to work without eating breakfast.""I was going to grab something when I get to the office," she countered."Just like you forgot to eat what you brought home yesterday?" I stepped closer.Her eyes widened in realization. "I... forgot what Jackson bought me.""Just what I thought."I closed the dista
TRISTAN“Yelena! Yelena!”I called after her, my voice echoing through the hallway, but she didn’t stop.She moved fast, faster than any pregnant woman should.My brows pulled together as I watched her disappear into the room, the door slamming shut a second later.She was strong, and healthy in a way that made me both proud… and uneasy.I exhaled slowly, dragging a hand down my face.I didn’t mean to hurt her.That wasn’t what I came here for.I hated seeing tears in her eyes. I hated the way her voice broke, the way her hands shook when she was angry. It did something to me… something I didn’t like.But what she said... It didn’t make sense. It couldn’t.Livia?No.I shook my head slightly, pacing once, then stopping.Livia couldn’t do that. Or… could she?My jaw tightened.She wasn’t troublesome. Not really. Yes, she could be sharp with her words, throw threats around when she was angry, but that was all it had ever been... Mere words.Not this... Real threat.Not planning an accid
YELENA “At least give me a kiss,” he said softly.I looked away. “I’m not your wife.”He sighed, sitting up properly now. “You want me to read the letter, right? If I read it, you’ll stop being angry?”I didn’t answer.“Fine,” he muttered and finally opened it.Silence filled the room, heavy and slow.I found myself watching him without meaning to. At first, nothing changed. Then his body stiffened. His jaw tightened. His eyes… shifted.The blue darkened, flickering into gold. His wolf was rising.Anger rolled off him in waves, thick and hot. I could feel it against my skin. Without thinking, I reached out and touched his arm.His skin burned.I pulled back immediately, my heart jumping. “Tristan…”My voice came out softer than I meant.He blinked, his eyes slowly returning to normal. But the tension stayed. The anger didn’t leave.“How are you sure it’s Livia?” he asked, lifting the letter slightly.I stared at him.“Because it’s her,” I said firmly. “She’s the only one who’s been t
YELENAHe looked at the letter like he was only seeing it for the first time, his brows pulling together in confusion.“Ma’am, I-I don’t know how it got here. I was at my post all day.”“Exactly,” I snapped, my voice rising before I could stop it. “If anyone should know how this got here, it should be you. But it looks like you’re not focused on your work anymore.”Because it didn’t make sense, not at all. How could something like this slip in when he was right there?Did she jump inside?My eyes flicked toward the high walls, then back at the gate.No… Livia didn’t look like someone who would climb walls.‘You don’t know her,’ Lena’s voice slid into my head, calm but sharp. ‘She could have jumped. Or… she sent someone.’I went still.That… made more sense.‘Yes,’ I agreed silently, my jaw tightening. ‘She sent someone.’I looked back at the guard. He was still staring at the ground like the answer would magically appear there.“Well,” I said, colder now, and steadier, “don’t let thi
YELENAAfter I told her everything, Nyra just stared at me, her brows lifted slowly, her lips parting a little. “Really? That happened?”“Yes,” I said simply because there was nothing more to say.She held my gaze for a second longer, like she was trying to read my face, trying to see if I was hiding something. Then she leaned back. Her face changed.She looked… almost pleased.“Well,” she said, brushing it off with a small shrug, “he deserved it. What he felt is nothing compared to what you went through.”My chest tightened.“Nyra...”“Yes, don’t ‘Nyra’ me,” she cut in quickly, sitting up straighter. “He truly deserved it. And trust me, he hasn’t even seen real pain yet.”Her tone was sharp and firm.I looked at her, really looked at her, and for a second, I saw it. She was protecting me in her own way.Still…“Okay, that’s enough,” I said, my voice quieter now. “I need to take my medication.”I expected her to stand up, to go and bring it but she didn’t.Of course, she didn’t.Nyra
YELENAI couldn’t believe my eyes.I couldn’t believe what I just saw.Everything felt too fast, too heavy… like my chest couldn’t hold it all.I stood there, frozen, watching my dad hit him, watching Tristan stand there… and take it without fighting back, without stopping him... He just told him.My dad’s face was twisted with anger, his wolf too close to the surface, his eyes dark, burning with something I knew too well... pain.He never forgave Tristan, not after what happened to me. Even when I told him to let it go… even when I begged him to stop… he never listened.He wanted Tristan to feel it, every bit of it... The pain, the anger, and the helplessness.Everything I went through and maybe… I was just like him because a part of me never truly let it go either.“It’s all his fault!” he had said, over and over again. He didn’t care that Tristan was an Alpha.He didn’t care that he had been trying… in his own way… to fix what could never be undone.He just wanted him to hurt and T
YELENALast week had been… fun, really fun. Especially seeing my friend get her spark back, her fire shining through again. She wasn’t fully herself yet, but at least it was better. That was enough to make me smile, enough to make me think maybe things weren’t always going to be so dark.Today, tho
YELENA"When did you hide the camera that I didn’t even know about?" I asked, standing as he sank into the chair, calm and unbothered, while I fumed like a storm about to break."When you left your office that day… the day you told me to leave because of Livia," he said, his voice smooth, like it w
NYRAIt felt like the world had shifted under my feet.The man we’d been chasing, the one who had been causing all this chaos, was not some unknown wolf hiding in the shadows. It was him. Our director. That useless, lying, perverted old man.Even now, sitting here with Lena, I wasn’t entirely shoc
YELENAWhat?He planted a camera in my office?He really did that? He couldn’t even tell me. And why?I stared at the tiny device on the table beside his suitcase, feeling equal parts shocked and annoyed. My mind spun.Tristan was sitting there like it was nothing, like sneaky little games were par







