LOGINJaden hesitated. And neither Nikolai or Elena met my face.My chest began to heat up. Was it all a lie? The speech about accepting me as I was, even without a wolf?“No.” I muttered, shaking my head as I began to push my chair back. “I’m not— “"Tessa, stop.” Jaden stopped me. His voice, worried but
Chapter 36Tessalyn's POVJaden didn't answer me right away.He just sat there, staring at me with that terrible pain in his eyes, and I felt my heart start to race. What exactly where they keeping from me?I looked from him to Nikolai and back. "Jaden." My voice cracked. "Please. Just tell me ever
"I'm fine," I murmured into her shoulder."You're not fine." She pulled back, her sharp eyes scanning my face. "You look exhausted. And pale. Did they do something to you?"I cracked a smile and rested my head back on her shoulder. “I’m fine, Elena. I promise.”Jaden appeared behind her at that mome
Chapter 35Tessalyn's POVThe morning light was pale and gray when I opened my eyes.For a moment, I didn't know where I was. The room was unfamiliar—soft linens, four-poster bed, windows overlooking gardens I didn't recognize. Then my memories came flooding back.I’d spent the last day at Grandma’s
Chapter 34Tessalyn's POVThe silence after Kaan's confession was suffocating.Grandma has health problems. Minor ones, but... one of the reasons she agreed to treatment was because she wanted to see us happy. Together. She wanted to see us have a child.I stared at him, my mind racing."Wasn't Gran
Kaan's POVMaybe I was going crazy. But I couldn't stop staring at Tessa. Or thinking about the way she’d saved that woman.I must have watched the video multiple times now. Her hair shining in the night light as she calmly took charge of the situation. She’d looked so- so competent and utterly in h







