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Chapter Sixty Seven

Author: Leah Pearl
last update publish date: 2026-07-06 23:03:14

~Selene's POV~

The dinner unfolds in small, ordinary increments, the kind of evening Selene has not allowed herself to fully imagine having again, not with him, not in this particular configuration of people gathered around her own table.

Miriam sets out plates without being asked, the same quiet domestic competence she brings to nearly everything, and takes her seat across from Selene with the twins' high chairs flanking either side of the table like small, opinionated sentries standing guard
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    ~Selene's POV~Petra arrives mid-evening the way she usually does, unannounced and already talking before the door is fully open, a bottle of wine in one hand and her phone in the other, scrolling through something she clearly intends to show Selene the moment she sits down.The introduction to Caden, when it happens, is unavoidable.He is still there finishing the visit's allotted time when Petra walks in, and Selene watches the brief flicker cross both their faces, the recognition that this particular meeting has been circling for weeks now and has finally, without much ceremony, arrived."You must be Petra," Caden says, standing."And you must be the husband." Petra sets the wine bottle down on the counter with a thud that suggests she has decided, on principle, not to be overly formal about any of this. "Ex-husband. Sorry. I keep doing that.""You're not the first," Caden says.It is, Selene thinks, the right kind of response, dry without being defensive, acknowledging the awkward

  • Rejected and Pregnant with Alpha Twins   Chapter Sixty Seven

    ~Selene's POV~The dinner unfolds in small, ordinary increments, the kind of evening Selene has not allowed herself to fully imagine having again, not with him, not in this particular configuration of people gathered around her own table.Miriam sets out plates without being asked, the same quiet domestic competence she brings to nearly everything, and takes her seat across from Selene with the twins' high chairs flanking either side of the table like small, opinionated sentries standing guard over the proceedings. Lior is in rare form tonight, banging his spoon against the tray with escalating enthusiasm before anyone has even finished serving the food, as though the anticipation itself requires its own percussion section.Caden sits where Selene gestures for him to sit, the chair closest to Lior's high chair, and within minutes of the meal actually starting, Lior has managed to fling a piece of bread directly into his father's lap with considerable accuracy for someone his age.Sele

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    ~Selene's POV~Caden arrives at the usual hour, and Selene meets him in the hallway before he has even fully stepped through the door, speaking before he can settle into the visit the way he normally does."I know about the ultimatum," she says. "Rhys told my mother."He stops where he is, just inside the threshold, something shifting briefly across his face before he settles it back into the careful stillness he has learned to bring to these conversations. "I wasn't going to ask you to—""I know you weren't," she says. "That's why I'm bringing it up myself, before you have a chance to decide whether you would have asked or not."He waits, watching her, the way he has learned to wait through these conversations without rushing to fill the silence with reassurance she hasn't actually asked him for."I want you to understand something clearly," she continues. "I'm aware of the political situation. I understand what the twins' unrecognized status could mean for how the council weighs Dor

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    ~Selene's POV~The message arrives through Miriam, not through Caden directly, a careful distinction Selene notices the moment her mother sets her phone down on the kitchen table and says, "Rhys texted me.""What did he say?""He thought I should know before you heard it secondhand. There's an ultimatum. From Ironmere." Miriam slides the phone across the table so Selene can read the message herself, the short, careful paragraph Rhys has clearly composed with some thought about how much to include and how much to leave for Caden to explain in his own time, if he chooses to explain it at all.Selene reads it twice. Dorian's demand. The territorial claim. The thirty-day deadline. Vivienne's likely hand in the wording, which Rhys mentions only as a suspicion, careful not to state it as confirmed fact.She sets the phone down and does not immediately say anything.This is, she notices, the second time now that information about Cresthaven has reached her through a deliberately indirect pat

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    ~Selene's POV~She finds Dax at the building entrance the way she always finds him in the evenings, standing with his arms loosely crossed, watching the street with the particular stillness of someone who has made watching into a discipline rather than a chore.The twins are asleep upstairs with Miriam. The night air carries the first real edge of the coming season, cool enough that Selene pulls her cardigan closer as she steps outside, though she does not go far, just to the small stretch of sidewalk where Dax keeps his post.She has been working up to this for the better part of a week."Can I ask you something," she says, "and you'll actually answer me honestly."Dax glances at her, then back at the street. "I always answer you honestly.""This is different. This is about Caden."He is quiet a moment, considering, the way he considers most things before committing to a response. Dax has never been a man who fills silence simply to fill it, and she has come, over these months, to va

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    ~Selene’s POV~The rejection is scheduled for nine o'clock.I know because Caden's message at six in the morning is clinical and precise, as if he is confirming a conference call.Pack Hall, third floor, nine a.m. Come alone.My mother reads the message over my shoulder and says nothing. She presse

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    ~Selene’s POV~I hang up.I don't think about it — my thumb simply moves and the call ends and I stand on the pavement outside the flower stall with my heart hammering so loud I can hear it in my temples.Three seconds later, she calls again.I watch the screen. Let it ring. Let it ring. Let it rin

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    ~Selene’s POV~I don't sleep.I lie on my side of the bed — our bed — and stare at the ceiling while Caden's side remains cold and untouched. I heard him leave again at midnight, the front door closing with a finality that vibrated through the walls.I don't ask myself where he went.I already know

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