* Regina *I felt the bond shifted, sharp, decisive, carrying the echo of something monumental, and my knees nearly gave out where I stood. I caught myself on the edge of the stone table in my chambers, fingers digging into the grooves carved by generations of the former wolves before me.Something had ended in our connection. Alpha Archer has chosen.Tears burned instantly from my eyes, hot and traitorous, spilling before I could stop them. I pressed my palm over my mouth, biting down on the sound as my chest shook. In the quiet of my chambers, with the fire low and the curtains unmoving, I let myself believe the fear I had been holding back since he left. He's leaving me.Not just distance or duty. Because that was how stories like ours were supposed to end. Two Alphas on different packs. Too much responsibility, too much blood, too many borders between hearts that wanted more than the world would allow.I slid down against the wall, curling inward as the bond throbbed, aching, raw,
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