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Chapter 144

Author: Benita Jones
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-04 19:38:16

Dinner was laid out across the long table Asher had dragged from the lodge’s storage—Margot’s stew steaming in bowls, Genevieve’s bread basket nestled beside it, and pitchers of spiced cider passed down in quiet gratitude. Plates clinked. Conversations remained low, fragile like glass recovering from a storm.

Elena sat beside Asher, her fingers occasionally brushing his thigh beneath the table, grounding him when his shoulders tensed or his jaw locked from old ghosts. Across from them sat Lena, who was halfway through her third bowl of stew and humming in appreciation like it was a five-star meal.

But one thing kept tugging at Elena’s awareness like a thorn stuck under skin.

Jacob.

He sat at the far end of the table, between Genevieve and a shy pack healer, making no effort to disguise it—his gaze locked on Elena with an intensity that no longer felt polite or admiring.

She tried to ignore it at first. Maybe it was curiosity. Maybe he didn’t mean anything by it. But every time she lif
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