NERINE’S POVI shut the door harder than I meant to and stood there with my back against it, breathing through my teeth. The words she had thrown at me still burned in my chest.My hands were shaking, and I pressed them flat against the wood until the tremor slowed.She had called me weak and incompetent… She had looked me straight in the eyes and insulted me.How dare she!“You need to calm down, Nerine,” my wolf, Vel, told me, and I kissed my teeth.Anger without direction was useless, and I had learned that years ago. Instead, I’d channel it into making her life miserable.Exhaling loudly, I crossed the room to the bathroom, poured cold water into the basin, and washed my face until the heat left my cheeks.When I lifted my head, the mirror showed me the version of myself the pack preferred: calm eyes, a soft smile, and the quiet woman who had suffered for five years before returning.This was the face of a woman who opened more doors by being quiet and calm than she ever could by
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