The moon hung low and full, bathing the forest in liquid silver. The stream where Aria stood shimmered like molten glass, and for a fleeting moment, she almost believed the world could hold peace again. But deep inside, her wolf stirred — restless, alive, demanding to be heard.Kaelen hadn’t left. He stood a few paces behind her, silent but unmoving, as though afraid that if he blinked, she would vanish again. His presence rippled through her senses, familiar and electric, igniting every buried emotion she’d tried to silence.“You shouldn’t have followed me,” she whispered, her voice fragile but fierce.Kaelen’s tone was soft but steady. “You say that every time. And every time, I find you anyway.”Aria’s jaw tightened. “Because you never listen.”“Because I can’t let you walk away,” he said, taking a hesitant step closer. “Not when I finally see what I was blind to before.”Her heart clenched. She wanted to believe him. Goddess, she wanted to. But her wolf’s instincts — fierce, ancie
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