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70 - Mark me

KaylaI stayed two more nights in Hilda's cottage. The first morning, I woke up to the smell of porridge, a bowl waiting for me on the small table by the fire. The storm had stopped, though it looked like there was still more rain stored in the dark clouds. Hilda was in her garden, her hands buried in the soil, and she did not ask if I had made a decision. She simply smiled and said breakfast was getting cold.I ate in silence, staring at the fireplace that warmed my wolf and kept her at bay. The second day, I helped her gather herbs. She showed me which leaves healed and which ones were harmful. The roots could be brewed into tea and were better left in the ground because they were poisonous.She still did not press me for an answer. She did not mention the power, the sacrifice, nor the choice that waited for me like a door half open. She simply let me be, and I found myself grateful for that. Grateful for the silence and a space where no one expected me to be anything other than

71 - Conflicted

KaylaThe car had now become a small, suffocating box…. Leather seats are cold against my thighs, the dash lights casting a pale glow over the interior. Every breath I took was thick with the heat of our conversation, the space between us shrinking until there was nowhere left to hide and run from what needed to be said. “I can't mark you, Kayla. Not like this.”His voice was low, strained. He couldn’t even look at me as he said it. His hands moved to his thighs, and he squeezed them into fists as if he were holding himself back from something… or holding himself together. “Why not?” I raised my voice, losing the little bit of patience I had left. The sound bounced off the windows, too loud in the cramped space. My fingers curled into the seat fabric, my nails digging in. “She doesn't want you, so why can't you just bloody mark me now?”He turned his head, looking out the window to where Kira stood on the sidewalk. Her silhouette was faint, but I could see her watching us.“I'd expe

Chapter 72

Nick The street was a graveyard of silence.Nick stood beside his car, the driver's door still open, the cold night air biting at his face. He watched Kira walk back toward her parents' house, her steps measured and deliberate, her back straight as a blade. She did not look back. She never looked back. That was Kira—unyielding even when her heart was breaking.His chest ached with a pain that had no physical source. The bond between them pulsed weakly, like a wounded animal struggling to draw its last breath. He had felt it flicker the moment she announced she was leaving in two days. Two days. Then she would reject him, formally, before the council. The bond would begin to sever. A year of exile. A lifetime of wondering what if.The weight of it pressed down on his shoulders until he thought he might buckle.He became aware of movement beside him. Kayla was still there, standing a few feet away, still wrapped in his jacket. Her arms were crossed tight over her chest, her eyes fixed o

73 - Replace

NickNick did not move from the camellia bench.His mother's footsteps had faded into the corridor, but her words remained, coiled around his chest like thorns. *Reject them both. Sever the bonds. Choose Carrie.* He stared at the white flowers, their petals soft and unblemished, and wondered if purity was something he had ever truly known.He could not reject them. Not Kira, whose sacrifice had gutted him. Not Kayla, whose desperation was beginning to curdle into something darker. The bonds were real, curse or not. They had grown inside him like roots, tangled and deep, and ripping them out would leave wounds that might never heal.And yet.His mother was not wrong about everything. The pack needed stability. The council needed an answer. And Kira had made her choice—she was leaving, rejecting him, walking away. What was he supposed to do? Chase her into exile? Abandon his pack for a woman who didn't want to be saved?He pressed the heels of his palms against his eyes until colors burs

Chapter 74

KiraThe dream came without warning.One moment I was drifting in darkness, weightless and numb. The next, I was running.My bare feet slapped against cold, wet earth. The forest surrounded me—not the familiar woods of Dark Valley, but something older, darker. The trees were skeletal, their branches reaching toward a moon that hung too low in the sky, bloated and red. A blood moon.My heart hammered against my ribs. My lungs burned. I didn't know what I was running from, only that something was behind me. Something fast. Something hungry.I risked a glance over my shoulder.Red eyes. Pale skin. Fangs gleaming in the crimson light.A vampire.He moved with unnatural speed, his body a blur of shadows and malice. His lips were pulled back in a snarl, and his hands—long-fingered, clawed—reached for me. I could smell him, death and copper and something ancient that made my wolf cower.I ran faster. Branches clawed at my arms, leaving thin lines of fire. Roots caught at my feet, trying to tr

Chapter 75

KiraThe darkness after the dream was not peaceful.I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, Caroline's words echoing in my skull. Fight for what you want. Don't let guilt consume you. But wanting something felt dangerous. Wanting something had led me to Nick's arms at the lake. Wanting something had made me forget, for a few stolen hours, that I was supposed to be selfless.I had just begun to drift into a restless half-sleep when the sound came.Thud.Something small and hard struck my window. I bolted upright, my heart hammering. The clock read 4:15 AM. The room was dark, the curtains drawn, but the sound had been unmistakable.I waited, listening.*Thud.*Another stone. Another impact against the glass.I threw off my blankets and padded to the window, my bare feet cold on the wooden floor. I pulled the curtain aside just enough to peer out.Below, standing in the dim pre-dawn light, was Nick.He was dressed in the same dark jacket from earlier, his breath fogging in the cold air. In

Chapter 76

AlfieThe training yard was empty by the time Alfie finished his last set of drills.Sweat soaked through his shirt, and his muscles ached with the pleasant exhaustion of a hard morning's work. He had pushed himself harder than usual, trying to outrun the tension that had settled into the packhouse like a second skin. The council's deadline. The twins' fractured relationship. Nick's impossible choice. It all pressed down on him, heavy and suffocating.He grabbed his water bottle from the bench and drank deeply, the cool liquid a relief against his parched throat. The sun was climbing higher now, burning off the last traces of the pre-dawn chill, and the training yard was quiet except for the distant sound of birds and the rustle of leaves.He was alone. Or so he thought."You're up early."Alfie turned. Harper stood at the edge of the training yard, her arms crossed over her chest, her blonde hair pulled back in a tight ponytail. She wore her grey inner guard uniform, the knife at her

Chapter 77

NickThe dawn light filtered through the curtains of Kira's bedroom, soft and golden, but Nick felt no peace.He had left her sleeping, curled beneath the blankets with her dark hair spread across the pillow. She had looked fragile in sleep, softer than she ever allowed herself to be awake. He had wanted to stay. He had wanted to crawl back into bed and hold her until the world outside ceased to exist. But the world was waiting. And the world would not be patient.Now he stood in his office at the packhouse, the door closed, the blinds drawn. The camellias he had left on Kira's dresser felt like a lifetime ago. The words he had spoken—*I'm ready to choose you*—still echoed in his skull, but the certainty that had carried him through the night was beginning to fray.He had told Kira he would break the news to Kayla. He had promised to be honest, to stop hiding behind duty and fairness. But now, standing alone in the quiet of his office, the weight of that promise pressed down on him lik

Chapter 78

KaylaThe morning air was cold against my skin, sharp and bracing, exactly what I needed to clear my head.I had been running for nearly an hour, my legs burning, my lungs aching, but I didn't slow down. The rhythm of my feet against the pavement was the only thing keeping the chaos in my mind at bay. Every time I stopped, every time I let myself breathe, the thoughts came rushing back—Nick's confession, Kira's betrayal, the weight of everything Harper had told me.My sister killed someone. My sister has been lying to me for years. And Nick covered it up.I rounded a corner and entered the main street of the town, the small shops and cafes just beginning to open for the day. The sun was higher now, burning off the last traces of the morning chill, but I still felt cold. Cold and hollow and angry in a way I didn't know how to name.I slowed to a walk, my hands on my hips, my breath coming in hard pulls. The running hadn't helped. Nothing helped. I had spent the night tossing and turning

Chapter 79

KaylaThe walk back from the cafe was a blur of grey pavement and swirling thoughts.I didn't remember crossing the street. I didn't remember passing the park or the row of shops or the bridge that led out of town. My feet carried me forward on autopilot while my mind churned through everything Harper had told me.*Video proof. The necklace. Kira losing control. Caroline falling.*I had spent years believing that the gap in my memory was a blessing. A protective wall my mind had built to shield me from something terrible. But now I realized that the wall hadn't been protecting me. It had been protecting Kira. And everyone had agreed to let it stand.My parents. Nick. Alfie. Even Kira herself.They had all looked at me, night after night, and let me believe that the blank space in my head was nothing. A side effect of the attack. A minor inconvenience. They had let me fill in the gaps with their lies, and I had swallowed every one of them because I trusted them.Because I loved them.A

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