Chapter 142

Ashera’s jaw dropped slightly, her heart racing faster. She blinked at him, torn between shock, embarrassment, and a flare of awkward amusement. Of course he would know. He was an Alpha. He noticed everything. But still, the casual way he said it, as though Rowan and Nia’s secret hadn’t been a secret at all, made her head spin.

She lifted a hand to her forehead, groaning softly. “Oh my god… she was so dramatic about telling me, and you just….you already knew?”

Darius’s smirk deepened, though his tone stayed calm. “Darling, I could have told you before she did.”

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Back at the mansion,

the world outside was silent, wrapped in the soft hum of night. The golden glow from the bedside lamps painted the room in warm, gentle shades, the air heavy with the quiet rhythm of steady breaths and the faint rustle of sheets.

Nia lay tangled in Rowan’s arms, the sheets loosely draped over their bare bodies. Her head rested against his chest, feeling the steady thud of his heartbeat beneath her che