Seraphina's POVOctavia left the next evening, and she made sure the entire pack watched her go.We'd met in the chamber the night before, the usual way, candle and passage and his hands on me in the dark. But he'd been distracted, his kisses landing between whispered plans about the following night, about Octavia's departure, about the Alpha's chambers.He'd pulled me against his chest after and told me exactly how to find the room, tracing the route on my bare back with his fingertip like he was drawing a map on my skin. Right at the branch, forty steps, spiral staircase up, iron door.I'd memorized the directions the way I memorized everything about him, with my whole body.Now I stood in the courtyard watching his wife leave and counting the minutes until I could replace her.The carriage was pulled up to the front entrance of the pack house instead of the side gate, which meant every servant, every guard, and every wolf in the courtyard had a clear view of the Luna's departure.S
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