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KARI'S POV “Hello, Joe.”“Milady? You called for me?”The guard stood outside my door as he always did, his broad-shoulder lodged halfway into the room.He was much too kind for a place like Wilder. Joe's armor was slightly scuffed at the edges, his expression polite and attentive as I smiled up at him, forcing my hands not to tremble.“I did,” I answered softly, “would you like something to drink?”He blinked. “Milady?”“I got bored,” I continued lightly, stepping back to gesture at the small table inside my room. “Tried my hand at making my favorite drink from Silvermoon. It’s… not as sweet as I prefer it, if I’m honest. But it feels wrong to pour it all away.”His ears turned pink almost instantly.“Do you want it? You can share it with the other.”“I.. uh…yes, milady. Thank you.”I nodded, giving him a warm smile as I moved towards the table.“Do you ever take some time off?” I asked, as I poured the drink into a large tankard, my movements steady. “Do you have a beloved?”“Milad

KARI'S POV I woke slowly. My eyes peeled open with immediate nervousness My first instinct was to test my limbs. So I slowly twisted my wrists and my ankles.They moved freely.No chains biting into my wrists. No silver cuffs burning my ankles. And definitely no ropes pinning me to the bed. I sucked in a sharp breath and pushed myself upright, my heart pounding as I scanned the room.Sunlight spilled through the tall windows, pale and almost gentle as it caressed the stone floor and the heavy drapes. The air smelled clean. Too clean. Almost like the room had just been cleaned before I woke up.My body ached in the dull, deep way of exhaustion rather than punishment, and that alone unsettled me more than restraints ever had.I had tried to escape.The memories came crashing down on me in swift waves. The chain, Alan, Indira's laughter…and the darkness that swallowed my voice as I screamed for the freedom I almost had.Alan…I smirked gently. I'd almost killed the beta. I felt extre

KARI'S POV “I'm quite cheerful today, Mi'lady.”I cast Carol a sideways glance as I managed a small smile. “Me too.”It wasn't completely a lie. Only two days had passed since my escape attempt and true to his words, Titan had doubled the eyes on me, making it nearly impossible to try and escape.But still, I wasn't going to give up.The gravel of the courtyard crunched beneath my slippers in an almost rhythmic, grounding sound, though my mind was anything but settled. To any casual observer…say, the three guards stationed at the North Gate with their spears gleaming like polished mirrors, Carol and I were merely a lady and her maid taking the afternoon air.But in reality, I was actually scoping out the castle, looking for a weak point.I noted three guards at the main arch, and there more standing stiffly by the iron-wrought gates. Just six…I could definitely take them. But deep down I knew there was many more littered around."....and then, can you believe it? Mikael managed to h

TITAN'S POV“Argh!” I hissed. “Careful!”I gritted my teeth at the sting of the wound washer, the pain was like a pulsing heat, a sharp reminder of the sheer absurdity of the afternoon.Tia was hovering over me, her brow furrowed in a mask of professional concentration as she dabbed at the jagged tear that ran from the side of my thigh all the way to my calf. I watched her hands move, but my mind was elsewhere, specifically on the fact that the boulder could have crushed the life out of Kari if I hadn't moved fast enough."Hold still, Titan," Tia murmured, her voice a soft crack against the silence of the room. "The deeper the cleaning, the faster the healing.""I am perfectly still," I gritted out through clenched teeth. I was about as still as a coiled spring. My tautened muscles were beginning to ache from how tight they were. “You need not do that,” I gritted out. “I'll heal in my wolf form.”“You'll be dead from the infection before your wolf can blink,” the sorceress snarked.

KARI'S POVThe silence that followed was heavy with the scent of my confusion and the metallic scent of blood in the air.Titan didn't move for a moment, his chest heaving slightly as he physically fought to maintain his balance. Gods, I hated to admit it but he…he looked vulnerable and more gentle than I had ever seen him."Are you alright?" he asked, his voice free of that usual arrogant, smug edge. "I needed to see you, and know if you're okay.”My eyes dropped to his leg, at the way his hand gripped his thigh as if trying to hold the muscle together by sheer force of will. And for a fleeting, traitorous second, the icy wall around my heart cracked a little. I felt a pang of genuine concern. It was just a tiny, flickering ember of pity for the man who had bled for me.But then the memory of it all slammed into me hard, making my breath catch as I stepped backwards.No, I screamed internally. There was no room for any form of emotional weakness with Titan.I panicked, the fear of