Ch. 56

A few weeks later, Theo crouched in the shadows at the edge of the forest, his eyes fixed on the dark silhouette of the werewolf castle. Diablo's fortress loomed in the night, and tonight was the night they would bring him down. It should have been the culmination of years of training, but the thought of fighting alongside Jolene filled him with turmoil. Not because she wasn't capable—Jolene was the most formidable warrior he knew—but because he couldn't ignore the feelings that simmered beneath the surface.

He'd always loved her, even when he chose Rora. It was a choice that broke Jolene's heart and, in the end, his own as well. Now Rora was gone, having vanished with their child, and the only thing that mattered to Theo was reclaiming the throne and restoring order to the pack. But it was complicated by the fact that Jolene was engaged to marry Apollo, the Sun God. She had returned to help him defeat her father, Diablo, then she would leave to start a new life—without him.

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