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The Man I Buried Chapter 65
Lyra POV It wasn’t planned.There was no build-up, no moment where I told myself this is what tonight will be. If anything, it felt like the opposite of intention. It felt like something I stepped into slowly, without realizing how far I had gone until I was already there.We had been talking.That was how it started.Just talking, the way we had learned to do—carefully at first, then more naturally as time passed. We were near the edge of the forest again, the place that had somehow become ours without either of us saying it out loud. The air was cooler that night, the quiet wrapping around us in a way that made everything feel softer.I wasn’t guarded.That was the difference.I wasn’t watching myself, wasn’t measuring every word before I spoke it. I was just… there.With him.“I didn’t think it would feel like this,” I said, my voice quiet but steady.“Like what?” Rowan asked.I hesitated, not because I didn’t know the answer, but because saying it out loud still felt unfamiliar.
The Man I Buried Chapter 64
Lyra POV It didn’t happen all at once.There was no single moment where everything shifted and the pack suddenly felt whole again, no clear line between broken and healed. It came slowly, almost quietly, in ways that were easy to miss if you weren’t paying attention.But I was.I had to be.Because for a long time, I had been part of the reason everything felt unsteady.Not intentionally, not in a way I could have controlled back then, but absence leaves a mark. Silence leaves space where something is supposed to be. And the pack had felt that, even when no one said it out loud.Now, I could feel the difference.It was in the mornings first. The way the village woke with more certainty, less hesitation. People moved with purpose again, not just out of obligation but out of something steadier, something closer to trust. There were fewer pauses in conversations, fewer careful glances in my direction to see if I was holding together or about to fall apart.They weren’t watching me anymo
The Man I Buried Chapter 63
Rowan POV It wasn’t supposed to be a moment.Not the kind that stays with you, not the kind that shifts something you can’t easily name afterward. It started like everything had been starting lately—quiet, steady, without pressure. That had become our rhythm. Careful, but not strained. Close, but not overwhelming.We were by the forest again. Not deep enough for it to feel isolated, but far enough from the center of the village that the noise softened into something distant and easy to ignore. The light was low, fading slowly, the kind of evening that made everything feel a little more still than usual.Lyra stood beside me, not speaking, not restless. Just present.That alone would have been enough to hold my attention.But there was something different about her that day.Not obvious.Subtle.The way she stayed a little closer than she normally would. The way her shoulder brushed mine once and she didn’t step away immediately after. The way she looked at me like she was on the edg
The Man I Buried Chapter 62
Rowan POV It caught me off guard.Not the situation itself. That part was normal. Harmless, even. Wolves talking, working, moving through their routines the way they always had. There was nothing unusual about it, nothing that should have pulled my attention the way it did.But it did.And I knew exactly why.Lyra stood near the center of the clearing, speaking with Tomas. They were going over something practical—supplies, from what I could tell, maybe patrol provisions or distribution counts. It was the kind of conversation she had been stepping back into more frequently lately, her role settling around her again in a way that felt natural, earned.She looked comfortable.Focused.Present.And Tomas was standing a little too close.It wasn’t inappropriate. Not by any real measure. He wasn’t touching her, wasn’t speaking in a way that crossed any lines. But he was there, within her space, leaning in slightly as he pointed something out on the tablet in his hands.And she wasn’t pulli
The Man I Buried Chapter 61
Lyra povIt didn’t change everything overnight.I think a part of me expected it to. Not in some dramatic, impossible way, but at least enough that things would feel clearer after speaking with the elder. Enough that I would wake up the next morning with some kind of certainty, some direction that didn’t feel like I was constantly walking a line I didn’t fully understand.That didn’t happen.But something did shift.Not in the bond. That had already settled into something steady, something I couldn’t deny even when I tried. The shift was quieter than that. It was in me. In the way I stopped fighting every moment before it even had the chance to exist.I noticed it first in the smallest ways.The way I didn’t tense immediately when I felt him nearby.The way I didn’t instinctively turn away when our paths crossed.The way silence around him didn’t feel like something I needed to fill or escape from.It wasn’t acceptance.Not fully.But it wasn’t resistance either.And that was new.I
The Man I Buried Chapter 60
Rowan POV I knew before the elder spoke.Not because anyone had told me. Not because I had overheard something or seen a sign that others hadn’t.I knew because the bond had changed.It wasn’t just awareness anymore. It wasn’t just that quiet pull that existed between us whether we acknowledged it or not. It had settled into something deeper, something more grounded, like it had taken root in a way that couldn’t be undone.Still, knowing it and hearing it confirmed were two very different things.And I wasn’t sure which one I was more prepared for.Lyra stood a few steps ahead of me in the elder’s dwelling, her posture straight, her expression composed in that careful way she used when she was holding more inside than she wanted anyone to see. I had seen that look enough times to recognize it immediately.She wasn’t calm.She was bracing.The room itself was quiet, filled with the faint scent of herbs and old wood, the kind of place that carried more history than most people ever th
The Man I Buried Chapter 11
Lyra POV The training field was almost empty by the time the sun began to sink behind the trees.Most of the warriors had already left, their laughter and tired conversations fading toward the village. The air that had been thick with sweat, dust, and shouted commands now felt strangely quiet.Bu
The Man I Buried Chapter 10
Kael POV The first light of dawn barely touched the village when the war horns sounded. Low, echoing off the ridge. Even from my hut, I felt the vibrations travel through the ground, hammering at my chest.I was already awake. The bond with Lyra pulsed gently, a reminder that she was here, connect
The Man I Buried Chapter 8
Lyra POV The council clearing was buzzing with tension when we arrived. Warriors had formed ranks, and elders stood in their usual places near the stone platform, but there was a new energy in the air—a hum I couldn’t ignore, threaded with curiosity, speculation, and expectation.I kept close to K
The Man I Buried Chapter 7
Kael POV The call from the village hadn’t been loud, but it had been sharp enough to make every fiber of my being tighten. Warriors were already moving in formation when we arrived, and the elders were gathered near the stone platform, faces taut with focus. But my eyes weren’t on them.They never
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