Elise Pov I couldn’t move. Even after their footsteps faded, even after Derek and Drake had left, I was frozen, trapped in a haze of disbelief and… something else. My chest heaved, and my body refused to obey me. It still remembered him. Drake. The ghost of his touch lingered on my skin, curling along my spine, heating me from the inside out. My stomach clenched with need I couldn’t explain, a craving that made me feel insane. I pressed my hands to my face, trying to force my racing thoughts into some kind of order. Think, Elise. Think. Escape. That was the only path that made sense. I had been betrayed by Alpha Kingston—my foster father, the man who had promised protection and safety—and now everything I thought I had was gone. The walls of this house suddenly felt like a cage, and I was the prey. My eyes flicked to the bed, the chair, the shadows that stretched across the floor. I needed a plan, a way out. And yet, my body betrayed me, tingling, aching in pl
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