Evelynn’s POVThe silence was the first thing I noticed.When I blinked awake, the room was empty. No heat pressed against my skin, no rough hands pinning me down, no golden eyes watching me from the shadows. Just me, tangled in sheets that smelled like sweat, sex, and wolves.For a moment, I lay there, staring at the ceiling, my body aching in ways I wasn’t ready to think too hard about. Every nerve still thrummed, my skin still too sensitive, as if they’d branded me from the inside out.And then the quiet sank in. Heavy. Lonely.I pushed myself up, wrapping the sheet around me, and padded toward the bathroom. The tiles were cold under my feet, but the hot spray of the shower was a balm. Steam rose, curling around me, washing away the marks of the night but not the memory. Never the memory."You let them take you.", a voice whispered inside me. My wolf.I pressed my forehead against the wet glass, water dripping down my cheeks. “I didn’t fight hard enough.”"You stopped fighting beca
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