William came back at dusk.The sunset rimmed him in warm gold. He looked dusty and tired, yet he carried a huge bouquet of fresh white tulips in one arm—and in the other hand, a paper bag from the old dessert shop I’d once mentioned wanting to try.From the day I met him, he never seemed like someone who’d suffered.He was always like this, thoughtful, careful, never loud about it, but somehow everything got arranged perfectly. You’d realize too late that you were being taken care of, gently and completely.He set the flowers and desserts down.The nanny quietly told him Adrian had shown up earlier. William’s brows furrowed, and when he turned to me, his eyes held honest apology.“I’m sorry, Ann. I miscalculated. I didn’t think he’d get out as fast as he did.”I shook my head. I wasn’t surprised. “It’s not your fault. Blood Moon’s old alpha has only one son. There’s no way they’d really let him suffer in a foreign jail. Even in Switzerland, they have ways.”“Yes.” William nodded, calm
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