MasukSorry for the delay. I had a few days of severe migraines and then I needed to take a few days off from the screen. Plus the medication I take for my migraines make me drowsy and a little spaced out so I didn’t want to write nonsense whilst under the influence 🤣 Thanks for your patience.
Paige snorts a laugh. “Honestly? I have no idea. But tell him thanks; that actually helps more than he thinks.”We turn down a familiar street, and my chest tightens painfully. These houses haven’t changed. The same cracked pavements. The same leaning fences. The same park.My childhood feels like a
** Ryder’s POV **I never thought I’d see these roads again. Not in this lifetime. Not in any life.The tyres hum steadily beneath us, carrying us straight into the past I thought I’d buried. Old scars itch under my skin. Wolves don’t get phantom pain, not really, but I swear I feel it now. Memories
I clear my throat. “I don’t want Poppy anywhere near Greg. Jaxon can stay with her today with the Twiceborn guarding them both.”Ryder considers this, then nods once. “Leo and Jake stay with them then.”Callen stretches his neck. “Great. So what are the rest of us doing? Because watching Greg eat av
** Paige’s POV **I’m having a moment where I genuinely believe I might drown in all the changes happening in my life, but I can’t, there are too many people relying on me. As always, Parker senses I need him, and he wraps an arm around me as we discuss the Twiceborn and how we can help them readapt
Her eyes slide to me, and the bond pulses.I nod once. “Whatever you need.”Ryder exhales. “Then let’s get today started.”Paige moves towards the coffee machine, and Remy follows her with a look that could power the whole damn pack.Callen murmurs, “Well… Remy’s enchanted, now we’re all in trouble.
** Parker’s POV **The house is quiet when I get back from patrol. Too quiet.I pull on some shorts from the basket we keep stocked by the door and pause. The air smells different. Warm and charged.Ryder catches my eye from the kitchen table, where he’s nursing his coffee like it committed a crime.







