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Chapter Ninety-Nine: Aurielle DuVall

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I stayed silent for a long moment, trying to organize the tangled mess of thoughts spiraling in my head. My heart was racing—an erratic, fluttering rhythm that made it hard to breathe. I didn’t know what to say. I felt too much, and nothing was settling.

“Aurielle,” Cassiel’s voice came softly through the phone, careful, probing, “do you see me differently now?”

The question hit something raw inside me.

I opened my mouth, but the words caught in my throat. I closed it again, blinking hard, then forced something out. “N-no... I’m just...” I let out a soft breath, pressing my palm to my forehead. “I’m in my head.” That was the truth. I feel ridiculous for how desperate I was with Matthias, only to find that the one thing I used as my lifeline wasn’t even real.

Because, of course, he would never save me.

A pause. Then his voice dropped to a warm murmur, “Hmm... then, a moment please.”

The line went dead.

I pulled the phone away from my ear and stared at it, confused. He hung up? Was he u
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  • Once His Mate, Now His Regret   Chapter One Hundred: Aurielle DuVall

    I sat in stunned silence, trying to process what Cassiel had just said.He asked me to give him a chance... to pursue me?To turn our quiet, consistent friendship into something more?I blinked, struggling to wrap my head around it. My thoughts buzzed too fast to catch. I wasn’t even sure I’d heard him right.I mean it’s... Cassiel?I opened my mouth, searching for words, but all that came out was, “But…”He cut in gently. “I know—you’re surprised.” His tone was steady but soft, like he was carefully walking the line between vulnerability and patience. “But, Aurielle, just think about it. I’ve been your friend for the past two months. I haven’t pushed. I haven’t tried anything. If you say no, I’ll respect your boundary. I value you in my life, as a friend or more.”I looked at him—really looked—and gave him a small smile. Because I already knew he meant it. I never once felt uncomfortable with him, never once felt like he was waiting for me to break. And even now, even as he admitted

  • Once His Mate, Now His Regret   Chapter Ninety-Nine: Aurielle DuVall

    I stayed silent for a long moment, trying to organize the tangled mess of thoughts spiraling in my head. My heart was racing—an erratic, fluttering rhythm that made it hard to breathe. I didn’t know what to say. I felt too much, and nothing was settling.“Aurielle,” Cassiel’s voice came softly through the phone, careful, probing, “do you see me differently now?”The question hit something raw inside me.I opened my mouth, but the words caught in my throat. I closed it again, blinking hard, then forced something out. “N-no... I’m just...” I let out a soft breath, pressing my palm to my forehead. “I’m in my head.” That was the truth. I feel ridiculous for how desperate I was with Matthias, only to find that the one thing I used as my lifeline wasn’t even real.Because, of course, he would never save me.A pause. Then his voice dropped to a warm murmur, “Hmm... then, a moment please.”The line went dead.I pulled the phone away from my ear and stared at it, confused. He hung up? Was he u

  • Once His Mate, Now His Regret   Chapter Ninety-Eight: Aurielle DuVall

    I returned to the hotel long after the sky had gone dark.The hallway was silent, the kind of heavy, echoing quiet that made even the turn of my key in the lock sound too loud. I stepped inside, flicked on the light, and exhaled a breath I didn’t realize I’d been holding all day.Everything in me felt tight.My temples throbbed, and my thoughts—it was like trying to contain a raging flood with my bare hands. No matter how hard I tried to push them down, they kept rising, threatening to drown me in the day's memories.I took a cold shower.I let the water run over me, hoping it would shock some of the stress out of my body. Maybe slow my racing thoughts. But it didn’t. It just made me shiver.When I stepped out, I didn’t even bother drying my hair properly. I pulled on an oversized T-shirt and started pacing the room, rubbing at the back of my neck, trying to think, trying not to think.I already knew I wasn’t going to sleep tonight.Not again.Which was dangerous. I couldn’t go anothe

  • Once His Mate, Now His Regret   Chapter Ninety-Seven: Aurielle DuVall

    I had to shove all my questions, all the tangled thoughts clawing for space in my mind, to the very back of my consciousness. If I gave them room now, they’d consume me.Right now, I have a job to do.My focus—however fragile—needed to be on checking the foundations, reviewing their structure once again, and mapping out a teaching chart for the new people replacing me. I needed to outline what they’d need to know, what duties fell under each role, and how we could streamline tasks across similar nonprofits. Simple. Practical. Clean.I told myself that over and over again as I made my way to one of the community buildings.But the moment I saw him, all of that fragile resolve started to crack.Matthias.He was walking out of the building, sleeves rolled to his elbows, talking to someone, then his eyes landed on me.My stomach tightened.Just the sight of him made something sour rise in the back of my throat. Honestly, I wasn’t prepared to ever see him again. Not if I could help it. We

  • Once His Mate, Now His Regret   Chapter Ninety-Six: Aurielle DuVall

    I stared at my mother.Long and hard.So long that the world around me blurred out of focus, and my ears started to ring. I was dizzy—like I was tumbling backward through time and memory, trying to process the words that had just come out of her mouth. Surely, I imagined them. Surely I’d heard wrong.But I hadn’t.She sat there with guilt swimming in her eyes, and all I could do was blink.I couldn’t speak. What was there to say? How do you respond to that kind of truth? I knew my parents hated me, but apparently, I didn’t know exactly how much they hated me. This was a new level I never thought was possible.“I know you hate me,” she said finally, voice trembling. “I know what I did was... unforgivable. But I’d convinced myself—back then—that it wasn’t all my fault. That you were the problem.”She twisted her fingers together, avoiding my eyes now.“Nerissa had been talking about you for months,” she continued. “Whispering things into our ears every chance she got. That you were bitt

  • Once His Mate, Now His Regret   Chapter Ninety-Five: Aurielle DuVall

    The talk with Matthias had left me in a strange limbo, cheered up slightly by the rare win I scored against him and Nerissa, yet weighed down by the inevitable meeting with my mother. I wanted to smile, if I’m being honest. Just a little. Cassiel had my back. That meant something.But I couldn’t let my guard down. Not yet. Not with the meeting ahead.And not with the long day that would follow.Once I returned to the hotel, I’d need to finalize the detailed training plan for the three candidates. I’m so glad i spent the better part of my sleepless night searching for good candidates. If I hadn’t, I had a gut feeling Matthias would’ve tried to stall or manipulate the process.I wouldn’t let him. Not again.Letting Nerissa anywhere near those foundations would be like lighting a match and tossing it into a room full of everything I ever built. Every safe space. Every shelter. Every voice I tried to protect.If I had to walk away from them to prevent that outcome… I would.Even if it rip

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