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ELENAThe breeze off the lake carried the promise of rain, but I barely noticed it as I moved through the courtyard, searching for Mason.I found him where he always went to think—on the back porch, leaning against the railing, arms crossed, gaze locked on the tree line like it might shift if he sta

But then something shifted.I felt it in the way she started fidgeting. How she kept glancing at me, then at the horizon, then back again. Her laughter grew tighter, her smiles didn’t quite reach her eyes.It was like she was waiting for something.And whatever it was… I wasn’t giving it to her.By

So I stepped forward.“I know how it looks,” I began, keeping my voice calm. “But it’s not what you think.”My father stared at me like I was an insect he wasn’t sure he wanted to squash or interrogate. “Oh? Do enlighten me.”I took a slow breath. “Do you remember Erin and Carly? And Maggie? The wom

ELENAThe door to my father’s study was already cracked open.I paused outside anyway, hand resting against the worn wood. It had been years since I’d knocked to enter this room—back then, I’d always been too eager to be invited inside, too desperate to sit across from him and feel like he was proud

DEREKI’d never felt more nervous about knocking on a door in my life.And that included negotiating with rival Alphas and walking into rogue territory with a barely-functioning truce.This was worse.Because this was Aiden.Because I’d let him down.Elena opened the front door of the Moonstone esta