Jaxen POVI sent the text and sat there like an idiot, gripping the phone tight enough that the edges dug into my palm. The screen went dark. I tapped it back on. Dark again. On. Off. Over and over. Nothing.No reply bubbles, no “seen” notification. Just silence staring back at me.She has probably crashed already.I checked my watch—past one in the morning. Normal people were asleep.But I kept waiting anyway, half-pissed, half-wondering what kind of creative cursing she’d hit me with tomorrow morning.Knowing Scarlett, it’d be brutal. She had a mouth on her that could make a sailor blush, and after everything, she’d probably come up with some fresh ones just for me.Weird part? A tiny, twisted piece of me almost looked forward to it.Like getting chewed out by her would feel better than this empty static in my chest. The thought made my wolf stir, a low, restless growl rumbling deep in my ribs.Mate. Even now, the word slipped through uninvited, claws flexing at the edges of my cont
Last Updated : 2026-08-16 Read more