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Chapter 83
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2026-06-03 02:56:11
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Elara should have known Mara wasn't finished. The warning signs had been obvious. The woman had spent most of yesterday dismantling years of carefully maintained Alpha dignity while enjoying herself far too much. Someone like that didn't simply wake up the next morning and decide to behave.Which was why Elara wasn't entirely surprised when she walked into the library after lunch and found Mara carrying a battered storage box beneath one arm.Darius looked up from the reports spread across the coffee table. The moment he saw the box, his expression changed. "No."Mara paused. "I haven't even said anything.""You don't need to.""I could be bringing important territorial documents.""You aren't."Mara looked offended. "That was one time.""It was twelve times."Without another word, she set the box on the coffee table.Elara immediately became suspicious.Darius looked resigned.Neither reaction improved her confidence.Mara removed the lid. Photographs. Stacks of them. Loose photograp
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Elara was halfway through a sketch when the library door opened. She didn't look up immediately. Charcoal moved across the page in slow, steady strokes while late afternoon sunlight filtered through the tall windows overlooking the mountains. For the first time in years, drawing didn't feel like work. It felt like breathing.The door closed. A familiar voice sighed, not irritated. Resigned. That got Elara's attention. She glanced up.Darius stood near the entrance. Unfortunately for him, he wasn't alone. The woman beside him paused the moment she spotted Elara.Silver hair.Sharp eyes.The kind of smile that immediately made people nervous.Darius closed his eyes briefly. "Mara.""What?""You have that look.""I don't know what you're talking about.""That's a lie."The woman ignored him completely and crossed the room.Elara barely had time to stand before a hand appeared in front of her."Mara Thorne."Her grip was firm, confident."Territorial advisor. Occasional problem solver. Fu
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The problem with realizing something was impossible to ignore was that it remained impossible to ignore afterward. Elara discovered this the next morning while standing in the kitchen pretending to make tea.The tea had been finished for almost five minutes. Elara was still standing there. thinking.which was apparently becoming a serious problem."You're staring at hot water again."Elara looked up.Darius stood in the doorway holding a mug of coffee.His coat was gone. His hair was still slightly damp from a shower. The exhaustion Elara had noticed yesterday had eased somewhat after an actual night's sleep.The sight of him triggered an embarrassing amount of relief.which was exactly the problem."No, I'm not.""You absolutely are.""I was contemplating tea.""That's not how tea works."She narrowed her eyes.Darius looked completely unconcerned.The kitchen was quiet this early. Pale winter sunlight spilled through the windows while snow-covered pines stretched endlessly beyond th
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The next morning, Darius was gone before sunrise. Elara discovered this when she wandered downstairs expecting coffee and found only an empty kitchen.For a moment, she frowned, then immediately frowned harder because she had expected him to be there. That seemed concerning.The realization followed her all morning.She made coffee.No Darius.She spent an hour sketching in the library.No Darius.She wandered into the greenhouse.Still no Darius.The greenhouse remained warm and peaceful beneath the winter sunlight. She spent most of the morning drawing there.She was trying to. Instead, she found herself looking toward the door every few minutes. This was ridiculous.He was busy. People were allowed to be busy. Normal adults did not require constant visual confirmation of other adults.Elara kept reminding herself of this, but it did absolutely nothing.By lunch, she gave up pretending.One of the patrol wolves noticed immediately. "Looking for Darius?"Elara nearly dropped her fork
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Elara found the greenhouse three days later. Not because Darius showed it to her, but because she got lost. Technically.The lodge was larger than it looked from the outside, connected to several older structures built into the mountainside over decades of territorial expansion. Most of them weren't used often anymore.Elara had been exploring after lunch when she opened the wrong door at the end of a quiet hallway and found a narrow stone path winding downhill through the snow.Curiosity won immediately. Twenty minutes later, Elara was standing in front of a long glass building tucked against the side of the mountain.The greenhouse. For a moment, Elara simply stared at it. The structure was beautiful in a quiet way. Snow rested along the sloped glass roof while winter sunlight reflected softly against the panes. Warm air fogged portions of the glass from within.Someone had taken care of this place, a lot of care.Elara pushed open the door. Warmth wrapped around her instantly. She
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The lodge stayed quiet long after dinner.Most of the Nightfall wolves had drifted toward their own routines by then. Some disappeared into the game room downstairs. Others settled near the television in one of the common lounges. A few remained outside despite the cold, taking advantage of the clear weather before the next storm inevitably rolled through the mountains.Elara escaped to the library.Not because she wanted to be alone.Just because the room had become familiar,The large windows overlooked the valley below, where snow-covered pines stretched endlessly beneath the fading light. The fireplace crackled softly nearby, casting warm shadows across rows of bookshelves.She settled onto the couch with one of her sketchbooks resting beside her.The sketchbook remained closed.That still counted as progress.The library door opened a few minutes later.Darius stepped inside, carrying a mug of coffee.His eyes found her immediately.They always did now."Mind if I sit?"Elara shi
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