GIDEON'S POVI started noticing Elias Voss the same way you notice a storm coming in. Slow at first, just this faint shift in the air, and then suddenly it was everywhere, the only thing that mattered.It kicked off the morning after that pack dinner. I was cutting across the quad toward the athletic complex when his scent hit me. Beta, male, something sharp and chemical underneath like he lived in a lab coat, but layered with this careful, safe kind of warmth. Like he’d picked out his soap, thinking nobody would ever really pay attention. New scent. Fresh on this side of campus. Moving from the main building toward the Research Wing.My wolf picked it up right away. Logged it. Didn’t say much.By the second day, I knew his route without even trying. East entrance of the main building, down the covered walkway, squeeze between the library annex and the chemistry block, then straight into the Research Wing’s side door. Same time every morning, give or take a couple of minutes. Guy had
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