INKA'S POV I sat there on the bathroom floor trying to clean my wound and thinking about how quickly everything had fallen apart. The knock on the door made me freeze. "Inka. Let me see your arm. Please." Hunter's voice, sounding strained and guilty, but I couldn't deal with him right now. I couldn't look at his face without seeing him standing over me this morning with cold eyes while he pushed me past my limits. "Go fucking away," I said, my voice hoarse from crying. "You need medical attention. That cut needs stitches." He tried the doorknob but I'd locked it. "I said go away!" I shouted, pressing the towel harder against my arm as fresh blood seeped through. There was silence for a long moment, then his footsteps retreating down the hallway. Five minutes later, different footsteps approached. Seth. "Inka. I know you're angry. But you need to let someone look at that." His voice was soft, almost pleading, but still had that careful distance to it. That professional boun

INKA’S POV Twenty minutes later I forced myself up, changed into clean clothes, wrapped the bandage tighter around my arm, and grabbed my jacket. I needed air. Space. Anything but their fucking pitying faces and half-assed excuses. Not running away, just getting the hell out of that suffocating house before I screamed. Nobody saw me slip out the back door. I started walking toward the woods, then broke into a run. Human legs. Human lungs burning. Arm screaming with every pump. I didn’t care. I ran until my legs gave out and I collapsed against a massive tree deep in the forest where no one could find me. Then I let it all out. Screaming. Sobbing. Punching the tree with my good hand until my knuckles split and bled. Ugly, broken sounds tearing out of me while the mate bond yanked at my chest like a goddamn leash, telling me to crawl back to the triplets even after they made it crystal clear they didn’t want me. I screamed until my throat was raw and my voice was gone. I

Seth's POV I was in the living room when Zane walked in, checking his watch with that precise movement that meant he was running on schedule and expected everyone else to do the same. "Where's Inka? Training starts now."I looked up from my phone where I'd been reviewing pack security protocols."Haven't seen her. Assumed she was in her room." Hunter appeared from his office, tablet in hand, clearly in the middle of something work-related. "She's probably still upstairs. Go check."I headed up the stairs and knocked on her door. "Inka? Training time with Zane." No answer. I knocked again, louder this time. Still nothing. I tried the handle and found it unlocked. The room was empty. I checked the bathroom, closet, even the balcony. She wasn't there. "Not in her room." I shrugged.Hunter's frown deepened. "Check outside. Maybe she's getting some air after this morning."We spread out across the property. I took the training field, Hunter checked the lake shore, Zane searched the g

INKAI woke up to voices. Loud, urgent, overlapping voices that made my head pound like a drum.I tried to open my eyes but they felt glued shut. My whole body ached, like I’d been through a war I didn’t remember fighting.I managed to crack my eyes open."She's awake," Seth said, trying way too hard to sound calm.Hunter’s face appeared right in front of mine, with intense eyes. "Inka. Can you hear me? Are you hurt?" His hands were already scanning my body, checking for injuries with that clinical alpha efficiency.I tried to speak but my throat felt like I’d swallowed sand. I croaked out, "Water."Zane disappeared and came back in seconds with a glass. He helped me sit up carefully. That’s when I finally saw myself, drowning in an oversized men’s shirt that definitely wasn’t mine, soaked in blood. My arms, hands, hair, even my face… everything was caked in dried blood.Panic slammed into me. "What....whose blood—" I snatched the glass with shaky hands and gulped it down. "What th

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