Todos los capítulos de Not yours to reject : Capítulo 61 - Capítulo 68

"I've had two days to think about it, and I still don't know how to look at you the same way."I say it quietly, standing near the clinic window, deliberately keeping distance between us that I never used to think about before. Jaxton stands near the door, exhaustion carved deep into his face, the same exhaustion that's followed both of us since his words landed two days ago."I've apologized for it. Repeatedly." His voice carries real strain now. "I told you I don't fully stand behind what I said. It came from fear and not from what I actually believe about you.""I know what you told me. I heard you the first time, the second and the third." I fold my arms, the hurt still sitting sharp and unresolved beneath my ribs. "But hearing an apology doesn't erase the fact that some part of you meant it enough to say it out loud in the first place. You don't accidentally say something like that. It comes from somewhere real, even if you wish it

"You came back."I say it quietly, finding June waiting in the same clearing three nights later, exactly as she promised, though I'd half convinced myself she wouldn't. I came alone again, against every instinct telling me it was reckless, but something about her warning still burned too urgently to wait for anyone's official approval to investigate further."I told you I would." She steps fully into the moonlight this time, less guarded than our first meeting, though the same careful wariness still lingers beneath her composed exterior. "I've spent the last few days confirming it was safe enough to speak more freely. I don't think anyone followed either of us tonight, but we should still be quick.""Tell me what you meant about Thomas's real motive."June settles onto the same fallen log I sat on days ago, and I lower myself across from her, tension coiled tight in my chest despite the careful trust building slowly betwee

"I sent word to old contacts my father used to work with, people who tracked cross-territory threats back when he was still alive."Jaxton spreads a series of reports across the archive table, two days after I told him about June, his expression grim with confirmation rather than surprise. "What came back matches almost exactly what she told you."I lean over the documents, scanning careful notations mapping incidents across multiple territories, dates stretching back further than I expected. "This goes beyond just our border.""Far beyond it. There have been at least six similar incidents across three separate pack territories in the past two years alone, all following the same pattern. Coordinated assault, specific targeting of individuals later confirmed or suspected to carry unusual gifts, capture attempts rather than simple raids." Jaxton taps one particular report, older than the others. "This one is from eight years ago. A healer in a territory two regions over, similarly targ

"Before you tell me anything more about the failsafe, before we return to strategy and danger and everything hunting me right now, can you just tell me about her? As a person, not as a bloodline carrier or a fugitive."Ellison studies me for a long moment, something gentling in his expression at the request. Jaxton, beside me, stays quiet, giving me the space to ask what I actually need in this moment rather than pushing the conversation immediately back toward tactical necessity."She laughed easily," Ellison says finally, settling back into his chair with the softened posture of someone accessing an older, gentler memory. "That surprised me, given everything she was running from. I expected someone more guarded, more visibly frightened. Instead she found small moments of genuine humor even in the middle of crisis. She used to tease my own daughter mercilessly about her terrible taste in suitors."Something loosens in my chest, unexpec