EpilogueAstrid’s POVEight months later…The moon had a strange way of healing wounds.Not quickly.Not kindly.It simply kept rising every night until one day you realized the pain no longer controlled your life.I stood on the balcony of Mooncrest Castle, watching silver light spill across the mountains. Below, hundreds of wolves filled the courtyard, their laughter drifting upward with the evening breeze.A year ago…I would never have believed this life could belong to me.Back then, I was a woman who measured my worth by how hard I could love someone who refused to love me back.Now…I finally understood something.Real love never demanded that you destroy yourself to earn it.A pair of familiar arms wrapped around my waist from behind.“You disappeared again,” Sebastian murmured against my hair.I smiled before leaning back into his chest.“I only came out for a little air.”“You’ve been saying ‘a little air’ for ten minutes.”“I didn’t realize you were timing me.”“I always kn
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