The door opened.My heart jumped so hard it hurt.For one breath, I thought it was Alpha Kael.I felt it before I thought it. The sudden tightening in my chest. The way my body went still, like it had been waiting for that sound all along. ‘He came back.’Then the light shifted.It was not him.Maera stood in the doorway, posture straight, expression sharp and composed like always. The disappointment hit too fast to hide. Heat rushed to my cheeks, as if my body had betrayed me before my mind could catch up.“...you,” she said calmly. “The Alpha has been called away.”I sat up slowly. The room felt colder at once.“He will not be returning tonight,” Maera continued. “There is an emergency.”My throat tightened.“Yes,” I said, the word scraping out.Maera’s eyes swept over me, quick and exact, like she saw every thought I was trying to swallow down.“His instructions were clear,” she added. “You are to remain here. In his bedroom.”In his bedroom.The words landed heavier than they sho
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