Green’s POV.The quiet rustle of pine branches faded into absolute, hollow silence.I stood paralyzed in the center of the damp clearing, my boots sunken into the cold moss, watching the spot where Ravenna had vanished into the dense tree line. The sharp scent of rain, pine, and her distinct, intoxicating presence lingering in the breeze was the only proof that she had been here at all.My breath came in slow, heavy hitches.She had walked away.She had held my entire existence—my life, my identity, and years of bloody, meticulous planning—in the palm of her hand. She had possessed every reason, every right, to drag me into the dirt, to burn my mission to cinders, and to hand me over to the pack enforcers out of sheer, justified hatred.Instead, she had clicked a button on a glass screen, erased every piece of evidence, and handed me my life back without demanding a single thing in return.No blackmail. No forced bond. No frantic, desperate demands for protection.“I’m going to find m
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