RyanThe moment Aaron said Wilde’s name, something cold and familiar moved through me.Hatred.It was immediate, sharp enough that I had to consciously unclench my jaw before Aaron noticed.The evening air had turned cooler around us, the kind of cold that crept in slowly after sunset and settled over the fields in a thin silver mist. Normally, it would’ve been the kind of view people admired.Right now, I barely noticed it.We kept walking side by side through the tall grass beside his house, but my thoughts had already shifted far away from Rain, from Priscilla, from the wild wolf.They had landed squarely on someone I had spent years trying not to think about.Wilde.Aaron seemed relaxed after saying Wilde’s name, like he hadn’t just reopened a part of my past I had no interest in revisiting.I kept my expression neutral, even though irritation was still crawling beneath my skin.Then I forced myself to sound casual. “How is he?”Aaron glanced at me briefly, probably surprised I as
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