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Chapter 16

Author: Ella's Ink
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-03 03:12:45

Zane’s POV

I paused in the middle of the garden, my heart racing. The wind was mixing the sweet scent of freesia with roses and hydrangea, but I couldn’t focus on anything but the one thing I’d come here for.

“Damn it,” I muttered under my breath, running a hand through my hair. “Where the hell did she go?”

Mabel. The name wouldn’t stop echoing in my head.

Why did she leave? I asked my wolf, barely able to contain the frustration bubbling inside me.

You really don’t get it, do you? My wolf’s voice was clipped, irritated. You scared the hell out of her.

I scared her? The words didn’t make sense, but the frustration in my chest only grew.

The girl’s been hurt, Zane. She’s jumpy. You snuck up on her, grabbed her, held her back when she tried to leave—what do you expect? He sighed. And that first time, with you yelling at her to stop while some other wolf

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