Aria shoved her textbooks into her bag, the cafeteria chatter fading behind her as she adjusted her schedule in her head. Lectures, part-time shift at the café, then a long walk through the park to clear her head… it had been her routine for months. Routine was comfort, safety, predictability. But ever since the encounter in the forest, nothing had felt predictable anymore.The three men, Kael, Rowan, and Dante, had insisted on staying close, even at school and work. They claimed it was for her safety, but their constant presence gnawed at her nerves. In class, she felt their gazes burning through her, a weight that made focusing nearly impossible. At the café, her hands shook slightly as she refilled coffee cups and served pastries, knowing one of them could appear at any moment, silently observing.She hated it. She hated the cage of their attention, the invisible leash the bond seemed to have placed on her. And yet… part of her couldn’t deny the strange comfort it brought. The warm
Last Updated : 2026-03-12 Read more