LOGINKAEL’S POVI woke up with Ivy in my arms, her body warm and soft against mine, and she was was breathing slowly and peacefully, and for a moment, I just lay there watching her sleep, feeling a sense of peace that I had not felt in weeks. The weight that had been pressing down on my chest since Miranda dropped her bombshell seemed to lift, and all I could feel was her.Her dark hair was spread across the pillow, her lips were slightly parted, and her hand was resting on my chest right over my heart. She looked so beautiful, so vulnerable, so trusting, and I made a silent promise to my self right then and there. I would protect her and I would find a way to break her bond with Damon. I will not let her go. I would fight for her with everything I had.I closed my eyes and thought about everything that had happened last night. The confrontation with Damon, the revelation about the marriage certificate, the way he had smirked as he watched Ivy crumble. My blood still boiled when I thought
IVY’S POVI stood there in Kael’s arms, with my heart pounding and my mind still spinning from everything that had happened tonight, from Damon’s cruel revelation, from the confrontation, from the weight of all the years of pain that had come crashing down on me like a wave I could not escape. The image of Damon’s smug face, the marriage certificate in his hand, the way he had smirked as he watched me crumble, it was still fresh in my mind, burning like a brand I could not remove, and I knew that if I did not find a way to escape it, it would consume me completely.But in this moment, in this room, with Kael holding me, I did not want to think about any of it. I did not want to think about Damon or the marriage certificate or the court or the years of pain he had caused me. I did not want to think about the future or the uncertainty or the fear that was occupying my mind like a visitor that does not want to leave.I wanted to forget.I looked up at him, with my eyes filled with a desp
KAEL’S POVI stood in the driveway, with my fists still clenched and my blood still boiling, as I watched Damon’s smug face fade into the distance, and I had to physically restrain myself from going after him because every fiber of my being wanted to wipe that smirk off his face, to make him pay for every tear he had ever caused Ivy, for every moment of pain he had inflicted on her.But I held back. I held back because Ivy needed me to be strong, not reckless. I held back because she had asked me to stop the confrontation, and I would not disrespect her wishes. I held back because I knew that if I let my anger take over, I would only be playing into Damon’s hands.I watched her stand her ground against Damon, her voice steady and her eyes cold, and I felt a surge of pride and admiration wash over me because this was the woman I loved, fierce and unbroken, refusing to let him fall. She was not the same woman who had left Snowrich Pack broken and defeated. She was stronger now. She was
IVY’S POVI felt the world spinning around me as Damon’s words echoed in my head, and the ground beneath my feet seemed to told and shift like I was standing on the deck of a sinking ship because the reality of what he had just revealed was too heavy to bear, too devastating to process and to cruel to be true. I was still married to him. After everything he had done to me, after all the pain and humiliation he had put me through, I was still legally bound to him.The marriage certificate in his hands was real. I recognized the seal, the familiar stamp of the court that I had seen all those years ago when I had foolishly signed my life away to him, believing that I was building a future with a man who would love and cherish me. My legs felt weak, and I could feel the blood draining from my face as the weight of his words pressed down on me like a physical force, crushing the air from my lungs.Kael stepped closer to me, his voice filled with concern and urgency as he reached out his ha
KAEL’S POVI watched Ivy break down in front of me, with her shoulders trembling and her eyes filled with tears that she was fighting to hold back, and my heart ached for her in a way that I had never felt before, like a deep, wrenching pain that made me want to take all of her suffering and carry it myself. She had been through so much, had endured so much pain, and yet she was still standing, still fighting, still refusing to give up, and that strength only made me love her more.I stepped closer and took her hand, my voice lowered and steady, as I tried to put all the reassurance I could into my words. “I will not let Damon destroy you, Ivy. I will find a way to fix this. Whatever it takes, I will fix it. I promise you that.”But she pulled her hand away from me, and I could see the walls she was building around herself x the walls she always built when she was hurting. Then she spoke in a broken voice, “I can. It rely on you, Kael. I have been hurt too many times. I trusted people
IVY’S POV I watched Damon walk away, with his shoulder straight and steps unhurried, as if he had just won a victory, as if he had just planted a seed that would grow into something destructive, and instead of feeling relief at his departure, I felt a deep, hollow dread settling in my chest because his words were still echoing in my head, and the more I though about them, the more I realized that he might be telling the truth. I had not broken any bond when I had left Snowrich Pack, and I had not signed any document of divorce, I had simply walked away and assumed it was over, but assumptions do not make something legal, and the sickening feeling in my stomach told me that Damon may still have a legal claim on me, that I was still tied to him, in ways I had never considered. I had been so focused on escaping him, on building a new life, that I had never stopped to think about the legal ties that still bound me to him. I had been so naive, so foolish, to believe that walking away
IVY POVThe car was dead quiet.Pedro was driving with Liam on the passenger seat, while I sat in the back, staring out the window.Snowrich Pack had disappeared behind me.But I did not look back.We drove for hours. I was quiet throughout our trip, I did not ask where we were going because I did
IVY POVI sat on my bed and stared at my shaking hands with my heart thundering in my chest.Tara’s words kept repeating in my head.“They are coming, Ivy. They are coming to get you.”I did not know how long I sat there. Minutes. Hours.Then I heard a knock on the door.“Come in.” I said.The door
IVY POVI sat on the guest room bed with my shoulders slumped, eyes swollen and my throat was dry.Then my phone rang.Tara.I picked up.“Ivy?” Tara’s voice came through. “Is that you?”“It is me.” I said weakly.“What is wrong with your voice?” Tara’s voice sounded worried over the phone. “Why do
IVY’S POVI came home early because I forgot my necklace.The charity gala I had organized was still going on, but I could not stand there without my mother’s necklace, so I drove back to the pack house to get it.The house was strangely quiet when I entered. Too quiet.Then I started walking up th







