Ethan's POVShe is not coming, Alpha," I said, the words tasting like bitter lead on my tongue.The suffocating stillness of the private study swallowed the sound whole. Outside the high, leaded-glass windows of the Blue-Claw estate, the late afternoon sun was beginning to dip, casting long, bruised shadows across the manicured lawns.Julian did not lift his head from the sprawling mahogany desk.His hand remained poised over an unrolled territory ledger, but the heavy silver fountain pen in his grip froze instantly. Beneath the fine iridium nib, a single, dark droplet of black ink bloated on the immaculate white parchment, bleeding outward through the fibers in a ragged, ugly circle."Say that again," Julian said.His voice was dangerously quiet—a flat, serrated whisper that scraped against the edges of the room like cold iron. The skin across his broad knuckles stretched taut and bloodless as his fingers convulsed around the barrel of the pen.I swallowed hard, forcing my parched th
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