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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: What the fuck are you doing in my room?

DANTE’S POV Her shoulders stiffened at the sound of my voice, almost like she had not expected it. But instead of guilt or panic, she just stared. She scanned me and I couldn't help but notice how soft the shade of her eyes was. Sage took slow steps towards me and I expected an explanation or something, but instead her lips stretched into a wide grin. She had to be fucking with me. Trying my best to keep a straight face I let out a slow breath through my nose. My irritation only grew, dragged down by something else I didn’t feel like naming. “Where were you?” I asked, walking past her. "We agreed on you being present and then you just vanished.” I pushed the key into the lock then turned to her. Sage blinked at me like she had to process the words one by one, then a quiet laugh slipped out of her. “You talk too much,” she said, her voice light, almost playful, like we weren’t standing in the middle of a hallway past midnight. “I asked you a question.” “And I answered,”

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CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: THE MORNING AFTER

SAGE'S POV“What were you doing? Creep!!"My voice came out sharper than I meant it to, already rising with panic before I even fully processed what I was seeing. As soon as my eyes adjusted properly and I took in the gray sheets, the dark furniture, and the unfamiliar surroundings, I knew something was very wrong. Dante didn’t even react immediately; instead, he walked towards the side of the room, pulling on his shirt as if my confusion was nothing but background noise. Like I was the one disturbing something normal, and that alone made my chest tighten more because nothing about this felt normal. I pushed myself up quickly and instantly regretted it when my head spun slightly. Nausea hit me and I gripped his side drawer trying my best to focus. Taking in deep breaths, my eyes scanned the gray sheets, the walls, and the gloomy decor and it slowly sank in. This was not my room. It wasn't even close to my room“Okay no,” I muttered under my breath, my eyes scanning everything ag

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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: SOMETHING NEW

DANTE'S POVI was halfway through dropping my jacket when Cade walked into my office without knocking.He was already talking before I even fully looked up, like he had been carrying whatever news he had for too long and just wanted it out of his mouth“No leads,” he said, voice flat in a way that immediately told me this was not one of his usual moods, “nothing useful on the guy from Sage’s house, nothing at all, it is like he does not exist in any system we have access to.”I paused with my hand still on my sleeve, watching him properly now as he moved past my desk and went straight to my fridge. That alone made my attention sharpen because Cade always had a tone, always had a joke, always had something to soften whatever he was saying, but today there was nothing like that, just weight“You are drinking straight whiskey now,” I said, watching him take a sip like it was normalHe let out a short breath through his nose, not quite a laugh, not quite anything warm“You have beer in y

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CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR: WEIGHT OF RESTRAINT

SAGE'S POVCrystal had been bent over my ankle for what felt like forever.Tugging at the stupid bandage like it had personally offended her, while I sat on the edge of the couch trying not to kick her in the face every time she pulled too hard.“Would you hold still?” she muttered, her purple hair falling slightly into her face as she tried again.“I am trying to get this off without you losing the whole leg in the process.”“I am holding still,” I said immediately, though my leg betrayed me by twitching the second she loosened it slightly, because the moment I felt the pressure start to come off my ankle I swear my entire body almost sighed in relief.Two days.Two long, boring, frustrating days of being stuck in the house like I had been grounded by life itself.Watching Crystal leave almost every morning while I stayed behind pretending I was fine with it, when really I was slowly losing my mind from doing absolutely nothing.I always wanted a vacation after dancing but this was n

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CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE: THE VISIT

DANTE'S POVMy mother was here.Of course she was. She stared at me with that knowing look and it took everything in me not to curse out loud.I could see Sage throwing short glances at me then at her from the corner of my eyes. Mentally asking what was happening."Mom," I called out and Sage's heartbeat immediately increased so hard I was more than positive everyone in the damn mansion could hear it.“Dante,” my mother said, tilting her head with a warm smile that only seemed to set me off. "I tried so hard to get to you but for some reason, you never answered."“I was working,” I replied, running a hand through my hair as I spoke because I could already feel this turning into one of those conversations where nothing I said mattered anyway."I know, you're always working." That felt like an insult but I ignored it. Far too tired for this conversation.Sage shifted in her chair and I felt it immediately, that small change in her breathing. It was almost like she was trying to make her

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CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: CONFESSIONS

SAGE'S POV“I said I'm fine, Crystal. If I can survive everything that has been happening in this house, then I can survive standing for a few more minutes,” I muttered, nudging the oven door shut with my foot and straightening up even though my ankle gave that small annoying pulse that reminded me it was still healing.For a wolf, I had the healing time of a snail.Crystal made a face from where she was perched on the counter, one leg swinging lazily while her fingers moved across her phone. “You said that yesterday and you almost fell down the stairs.”“I didn't fall,” I replied, grabbing the tray and sliding it onto the counter. The smell of slightly burnt cookies hit me immediately, making me whine and I pulled off the mitt, tossing it aside. “And don't even start. I know they're burnt. I got distracted.”“You mean you were staring into space like a tragic heroine,” she said, finally glancing up at me.I narrowed my eyes at her before reaching for one of the cookies anyway. I was

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CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: CONFESSIONS

SAGE'S POV“I said I'm fine, Crystal. If I can survive everything that has been happening in this house, then I can survive standing for a few more minutes,” I muttered, nudging the oven door shut with my foot and straightening up even though my ankle gave that small annoying pulse that reminded me it was still healing.For a wolf, I had the healing time of a snail.Crystal made a face from where she was perched on the counter, one leg swinging lazily while her fingers moved across her phone. “You said that yesterday and you almost fell down the stairs.”“I didn't fall,” I replied, grabbing the tray and sliding it onto the counter. The smell of slightly burnt cookies hit me immediately, making me whine and I pulled off the mitt, tossing it aside. “And don't even start. I know they're burnt. I got distracted.”“You mean you were staring into space like a tragic heroine,” she said, finally glancing up at me.I narrowed my eyes at her before reaching for one of the cookies anyway. I was

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