Lucian’s POVThe chamber was quiet, too quiet. The kind of silence that pressed against my skull until I could hear the thrum of my own heartbeat, steady and heavy like a war drum. The moonlight spilled through the window, silver and sharp, brushing across Selene’s shoulder where my mark now burned bright against her skin.She slept, her breath steady, her body curled faintly toward me. The bond tethered us now, unbreakable in the eyes of the council, permanent in the laws of the pack.And yet, as I stared at her, my chest did not feel full. It felt hollow.My wolf paced inside me, restless. She is not the one. This bond is a cage. You’ve chained us to the wrong heart.I pressed a hand against my temple and shut my eyes. For a fleeting second, I could feel him,Kai. His warmth, his scent, the thread between us still burning beneath the forced bond. It hadn’t been erased. It hadn’t been silenced.It had only grown more painful.Selene shifted and murmured something in her sleep. Her ski
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