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Chapter 40; Memories

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As he pushed the door open, Alpha Rylan paused. Hesitating to go in. The familiar scent of Selene's perfume hit his nostrils.

Sending jolts of pain that rippled through him.

But this was his room. Yea, he shared it with Selene. And now she's gone, never to return.

Running away won't mend his bleeding heart.

He felt as though the walls themselves recalled the love that once called this place home. It felt colder and smaller now.

This was the room that he had previously shared with his ex-wife and former Luna Selene, and he had avoided it for days.

Pretending that the room didn't exist and immersing himself in the never-ending responsibilities of pack leadership, border combat, and quelling the escalating unrest among his people.

The memories that lurked inside these four walls were easier to avoid than to face them.

Something inside him, however, broke tonight, his heart.

Selene's tear-stained face flashed through his mind. She kept insisting she was innocent. Was she telling the t
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