Calista’s POVI stood there, just a few steps away from the window, watching her walk out. Anna was finally leaving. At long last.She didn’t look back. Not once.A part of me expected her to, you know? Just one small glance over her shoulder, something that showed she wasn’t as strong as she was pretending to be. But she didn’t give me that. She just walked away with her head high as if not to give up her loss.I was a little tense but had to keep a straight face.‘Finally.’I let out a sigh of relief that lasted as long as 10 minutes to me,, letting the silence of the hallway wrap around me. Everything I’d been working toward… it was finally aligning. The obstacle was gone. The mess was cleared. No more competition. No more reason to pretend.Anna leaving wasn’t something I could take credit for—Selena handled that all on her own—but I wasn’t about to complain. If anything, I saw it as a sign. Selena wasn’t part of my plan… but maybe the Moon Goddess was helping me in her own way. B
Mattias’ POVThe sun was down. The feeling was like that of a person traveling to somewhere new and unable to sleep overnight, with the night being so long and boring.I was just looking through window, staring out into nothing or maybe my brain made me think, but not really seeing anything. My mind had been in a state of chaos all day, and now that it was night, the weight in my chest had grown heavier. Tonight was the night Anna had to leave. And I was letting it happen.It didn’t matter how many times I told myself it was for the best. That this was what had to be done. The decisions taken did not make it easier either.After thinking for a while that lasted an eternity in my brain, I found myself moving from the window.Her door was cracked open, just slightly. I stood at the entrance for a while. She moved around the room getting things from different locations in the room. She had her bag on the bed. Her hands were slow, deliberate. Folding one piece of clothing after another
Mattias’ POVThe night air was rather different from what I was used to.I stood at the edge of the pack house balcony, lost in my thoughts, replaying everything that had happened in the last few hours. The words Selena said… the way she looked at Anna… and the silence that came from me. That part hurt the most.I should’ve said something.But I didn’t.I just stood there.Now I couldn’t stop thinking about how Anna looked at me when I didn’t speak. Like she expected something. Anything. A word. A nod. A hand reached out. And I gave her none of it.I wasn’t happy because of that.It’s not like I didn’t want to defend her. I just… froze. Stuck between what I knew was right, and what I knew would explode if I challenged Selena then and there.But still.That didn’t make the silence any less loud.I sighed and leaned my head back, soliloquizing although I don't know what I was talking about but mostly regret. I closed my eyes as the breeze hit my face. It was cool, but it did nothing to
Calista’s POVI had just returned from a short walk — nothing serious, just needed to air out my worries. I had been feeling As if everything around me where too close—cramped. I just needed a few minutes to myself, away from here.I was about to climb the staircases when my eyes managed to catch something or someone rushing from one side of the corridor to the other. At first, I decided not to dwell on who the person was till I saw who it was clearly.Mattias.He took fast steps toward the exit on the other end, looking like he had seen something unnatural.My reflex kicked in and I ducked, shielding my presence behind the wall near the staircase. Probably it was curiousity that promoted me to act that way or maybe instinct. But I stayed hidden, peeking just enough to see what was going on.And then I saw her.Selena.She was walked infront of him, but Mattias caught up with her in a few strides. He tried stopping her by holding her arm but she shrugged it off as if his touch was po
Anna’s POV.I was lost in thoughts that I didn't know how long I stood there.My hands were shaking. Yet my body was stiff and lost. And right across from me stood Selena tall, graceful, and intimidating in the most effortless way.She wasn't blinking much. Just staring.It wasn’t the kind of stare you could avoid by looking at the ground. It was heavy. The type that followed you even if your eyes were down on your shoes.I tried to speak, but the first word got stuck in my mouth as if something held it back from coming out.Selena’s arms crossed slowly. “I asked you a question,” she said. Her voice was calm, but not gentle. “Why are you in Mattias’ territory without a claim?”I swallowed hard, “I—”Mattias stepped forward, “Selena, maybe this isn’t—”She raised a hand, stopping him without looking, “No. Let her speak.”I felt my chest growing stiffer. The air in the room wasn’t cold, but I was freezing and lost. Not literally. It was that sort of cold you feel when you’re surrounded
Mattias’ POVI had never been the type to hesitate before speaking. But this time around I did. It took a second, enough to feel the weight of what I was about to say. I looked at Selena. She was sitting with her legs crossed and held one finger tapping as if she was following the melody of a songI cleared my throat, “There is something I need to tell you.”She didn’t move an inch. Apart from the fact that she raised an eyebrow, like she already knew it was serious.“It’s about Anna,” I said.That got her attention.“Who else would we be talking about?” She rolled her eyes.I expected her to react immediately. She didn’t. Instead, she winked her eyes and sat back into the chair relaxing more, at the same time resting her chin on her palm.I started to talk. Everything I had been holding everything I have been trying to handle myself I poured it out because it was heavy. How I met Anna. How I felt around her. The way my wolf reacted to her. The time I tried to convince myself it was n