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Chapter Thirty-Six

Author: Shalom Egbebi
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-06 04:41:50

Seren’s POV

“You can’t keep doing this, pretending I don’t exist, Kairos.”

The cold atmosphere in the Alpha’s house turned tense.

No one said anything, but the walls echoed longer even after every footstep especially how servants spoke silently in the same room. Kairos had been intentionally avoiding me for three days now after the feast long enough for me to start worrying.

We still met at meetings. We exchange polite nods. But only exchanged few words, like a knife had sliced the thread that used to glue our words together.

I watched the training field directly below the window. I could hear Dorian’s laughter carried up from the yard, so careless and light, while my own inside is in great turmoil. I wanted to believe so hard that the distance didn’t matter. That I could just ignore it until it went away.

But I would be lying terribly to myself.

The door creaked open. My pulse felt like it stopped for a while before I could stop it.

“Alpha,” I said without turning. My voice sounded
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