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Chapter 25 - Return to Shadow Creek
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HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE Chapter 53 - Opening My Heart
ELARA POVI kissed Kai in the rain and something shifted. Not the fear disappearing completely. Not trust magically appearing fully formed. Just a quiet recognition that I was tired of protecting myself. Tired of holding back. Tired of being so careful that I was missing the life happening right in front of me. Kai had proven himself. Over and over. Through thirty days of conditions and weeks of careful dating and consistent effort to be exactly what I needed. And I was still holding him at arm's length because I was afraid.But fear wasn't keeping me safe anymore. It was keeping me lonely. Keeping me from the mate I actually wanted. Keeping me from the family we could build if I was brave enough to let him in completely."Come inside." I told him when we got back to Shadow Creek. Both of us dripping wet. Both of us grinning despite the rain. "The twins are asleep. Zara went home. We can talk without interruptions.""Talk?" He raised an eyebrow. "That's what we're calling it?""Actual
HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE Chapter 52 - Courting My Mate
KAI POVI spent twelve hours planning our first date. Called three restaurants. Made reservations at the nicest one. Canceled when I realized Elara hated formal dining. Made new reservations at a small Italian place she'd mentioned loving months ago. Bought flowers. Returned them when Marcus pointed out roses were cliché. Bought wildflowers instead because Elara had a whole section of them in Shadow Creek's garden. Changed my outfit four times. Finally settled on casual but clean. Jeans and a button-down that Luna said made me look like a real daddy instead of a scary Alpha.I was nervous. More nervous than I'd been facing Cornelius. More nervous than during the Council meeting. More nervous than any moment in my entire life because this mattered. This was the beginning of proving to Elara that I could court her properly. That I could be romantic without being overwhelming. That I could respect her boundaries while showing her I cared.I picked her up at seven exactly. She answered th
HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE Chapter 51 - The Truth
ELARA POVThe twins ran off to celebrate and suddenly it was just Kai and me standing in the playroom surrounded by scattered toys and the weight of what we'd just decided. I'd said yes. Actually said yes to completing the bond. To trusting him. To building the life we should have had three years ago. And now reality was setting in. Now the fear I'd been suppressing was crawling back up my throat threatening to choke me."Hey." Kai touched my face gently. "You okay? You just went pale.""I'm terrified." The admission burst out before I could stop it. "Kai, I just agreed to complete our bond. To trust you completely. To risk everything on the hope that you've actually changed. And I'm absolutely terrified.""Of me?" He looked stricken. "Elara, I won't hurt you again. I swear. I'd rather die than—""Not of you hurting me intentionally." I interrupted. "Of you changing back. Of this transformation being temporary. Of waking up one day and discovering that the wolf I fell in love with was
HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE Chapter 50 - Day 30
KAI POVI woke up on day thirty knowing Elara was going to reject me. Not because she'd said anything. Not because the bond carried certainty. But because hope felt dangerous. Felt like setting myself up for devastation. Safer to prepare for no. Safer to accept that thirty days of transformation wasn't enough to earn back what I'd destroyed. Safer to brace for heartbreak than risk believing she might actually say yes.I'd done everything she asked. Met every condition. Proved the changes were real. But that didn't guarantee anything. Didn't mean she was ready to trust me. Didn't mean thirty days could undo three years of damage. She had every right to say no. Every right to decide that co-parenting was all she could offer. Every right to protect herself from the wolf who'd destroyed her once already.And I'd accept it. Had promised I would. Had meant it when I said I'd love her regardless of outcome. Would keep being the father the twins needed. Would keep transforming myself. Would k
HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE Chapter 49 - Watching Him Change
ELARA POVI left the ceremony with the twins asleep in my arms and my mind racing. Twenty-nine days of watching Kai transform. Twenty-nine days of reading therapy notes that showed exactly how much work he was doing. Twenty-nine days of witnessing him face every wolf he'd hurt and take full responsibility. And today. Today he'd stood in front of hundreds of wolves and publicly dismantled everything his father had built. Had honored omegas. Had abolished rank abuse. Had proven that transformation wasn't just talk.It was real. Everything he'd claimed. Everything he'd promised. The changes weren't performance. Weren't temporary. Kai had actually become someone different. Someone better. Someone I barely recognized as the arrogant Alpha who'd rejected me three years ago.And tomorrow I had to give him an answer. Had to tell him if thirty days of perfect behavior was enough to earn back my trust. Had to decide if I was brave enough to complete the bond or if fear would win again.I got th
HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE Chapter 48 - The Work Begins
KAI POVDay one of Elara's thirty-day test started with therapy at eight in the morning. Dr. Reeves was a no-nonsense wolf who specialized in Alpha trauma and toxic pack dynamics. She'd been recommended by Elder Iris after I'd admitted I needed professional help deconstructing everything my father had taught me. I'd been seeing her for two months already but this was different. This time Elara would be reading the session notes. Would see every ugly truth I'd been unpacking. Every admission of how damaged I'd been. Every moment of vulnerability I usually hid from everyone."Your mate wants transparency." Dr. Reeves said when I explained the new arrangement. "That's healthy. Shows she's taking your transformation seriously enough to verify it. How do you feel about that?""Exposed." I admitted. "Terrified she'll see how messed up I actually am and decide I'm not worth the effort.""And if she does?" Dr. Reeves pushed. "If she reads these notes and decides you're too broken to trust?""
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