The moon was high when I entered my office, its pale glow spilling across the floor like a silent witness to everything I had been trying—failing—to control. My mind still buzzed from the council meeting, from Rowan’s questions, from the way Liam had watched me with those too-honest eyes that made me feel exposed in a way no enemy ever had.For a long moment, I simply stood there, gripping the edge of my desk so hard my knuckles whitened.I could feel him.Not in the physical sense—the packhouse was quiet, most wolves already asleep. But through the bond. A silent pull, a gentle tug at the core of my chest. Liam wasn’t trying to connect, yet he was there… steady, warm, quietly present.A reminder.My mate.My unwanted, unavoidable, dangerously necessary mate.I exhaled sharply and pushed the thought away. I had bigger problems—like the pack preparing for a full-scale assault, like Eldora’s wolves gathering in numbers big enough to challenge my borders, like traitors within my own terr
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