LOGIN“She chose what was familiar,” Claire snapped. “That’s not the same thing.”Cassian took a step closer. “You don’t get to override her autonomy because you don’t like her decision.”Silence stretched between them, heavy and aching.“I never meant to hurt you,” Claire said quietly. “Or Ellie. Or the
Third person POVCassian had always believed loyalty was a simple thing.Not easy—but simple. You showed up. You stood where you said you would stand. You protected the people you claimed to care about, even when it cost you something.He had built his life around that belief.That was why the truth
We weren’t trying to play roles anymore. We just were. Despite all of the chaos and danger that followed us, when it was just Nolan and me, things felt peaceful now.“I heard about Claire,” he said quietly.I stiffened almost imperceptibly. “Cassian told you?”“Yes,” he replied. “He didn’t want to a
Ellie POVThe packhouse was quieter than usual at night now.Not empty—never empty—but softer. The kind of quiet that came after long days filled with tension and watchful anticipation. Guards rotated through the halls more frequently, footsteps echoing faintly through stone corridors, but even that
He didn’t get a chance to try.Claire bolted.She was out of her chair and through the café door in a blur, panic etched across her face.Rae surged forward instinctively, but Kieran was already on his feet, blocking her path with infuriating calm.“Rae,” he said gently. “There’s no need for—”She s
Third person POVRae tried to tell herself she was overreacting.She’d done that for days now—forced herself to breathe through the unease, to catalog Claire’s behavior as stress or jealousy or misplaced loyalty. It would have been easy to dismiss the feeling entirely if it hadn’t been so persistent






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