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POV: KILLIAN BLACKWOOD vy's questions fell upon me like a thousand red-hot daggers, piercing the Alpha armor that had cost me so much to rebuild.I stood static in the office doorway, watching how she held that goddamn paper with trembling hands, and for a second, the world stopped.How the hell had she found out? Who had whispered in her ear the secrets that I myself had tried to bury under layers of control and coldness?The truth burned my throat.Yes, I had dictated that clause. It was I who, months ago, ordered Caleb to include every one of those nearly invisible letters.Back then, Ivy Sterling was nothing more than a name on a list of debtors, a female I would use to quench my thirst and discard as soon as I got bored, just as I had done with so many other females who passed through my bed without leaving a trace.I didn't want complications; I didn't want heirs who would carry the curse of my laboratory DNA.But destiny, goddamn son of a bitch I despise so much, had laughed

I sat at the bar and ordered a glass of whiskey. I was goddamn drunk with the alcohol passing like water down my throat.I scanned every face that passed, every female figure that moved through the crowd. For a moment, my clouded mind projected her image.I thought she would appear through the smoke, take me by the hand and guide me back to that hotel room where I possessed her for the first time.I let out a mocking laugh, which attracted the looks of the guys nearby. I knew it was foolishness."Pathetic, Killian. You are pathetic" I whispered to myself."How long are you going to keep denying it, Killian?” my Lycan's voice resonated in my head with a clarity that the alcohol could not erase."Deny what?" I murmured against the edge of the glass."Accept that you are in love with her. You miss her because you love that pup more than your own life” my Lycan roared."The word hit my mind like a gunshot. In love. A word that barely a few weeks ago didn't exist in my vocabulary.But now

Seeing Caleb standing in the doorway, with his clothes soaked by the night's humidity and his eyes burning with a need that pierced through Leyla's skin, was like receiving a bucket of ice water.For a stupid moment, my heart skipped a beat against my ribs, hoping to see Killian's imposing figure materializing behind his Beta.But obviously, my mind was only full of lies.I let out a bitter snort, crossing my arms over my chest while I observed them."Seriously?" I murmured, although they didn't even hear me.But at that moment, Leyla pulled away from Caleb with a shove, even though her lips were swollen and her breathing was a mess."You're an idiot, Stoner!" she shouted at him, hitting his chest with clenched fists. "I'm still upset! Don't think a kiss fixes everything!"Caleb let out a mocking chuckle, catching Leyla's hands with insulting ease. He pressed her against his body again, ignoring the feigned resistance."Then I'll have to try much harder to take that annoyance away, do

I saw him throw himself onto the small mattress in a single stroke, like an oak falling in the forest. In a matter of seconds, his rhythmic and heavy snoring filled the room.I stood at the threshold of the door, observing him under the dim light of the hallway. He was face down, with one arm hanging off the mattress.Seeing the fearsome Killian Blackwood, the man who made the mafia and wolves alike tremble, snoring like an exhausted and wounded pup, was the most human image I had ever seen of him.I approached the bed, looking at my own lace set that I had prepared for a night of savage passion and that had ended in this tragicomic spectacle.I sat on the edge of the mattress and stretched out my hand, caressing his dark hair."How did you do it, Killian?" I whispered, my voice barely a breath. "How did you manage to make me fall in love with you after everything you did to me?"I felt ashamed of my own weakness. The man had bought me, he had humiliated me with contracts and coldness

"Your secret is safe with me. I won't say anything, I swear," Ivy said before pausing. "But... what do you plan to do about moving?"Leyla made a face, trying to smile, but her mind returned to the bathroom, to Caleb's look when he mentioned Killian.The tension between her happiness and Caleb's loyalty to the Alpha was a time bomb that no one seemed to want to deactivate."I'm going to accept," Leyla responded firmly. "I don't have any other choice if I want to be with him. But Ivy... I'm afraid. If Killian finds out…""He won't find out," Ivy sentenced, taking her hand. "I'll take care of distracting him if necessary. We're a team, remember?"The professor entered the classroom, ending the talk, but the tension in the air did not disappear.Leyla opened her notebook, though she knew she wouldn't write down a single word.Caleb was risking his position for her and she had no idea if that was good or bad.***The afternoon sun fell with a suffocating heaviness over the faculty campus.