Six months later, Rowan came to Southhaven for the last time.He brought the restored photographs and the key to my mother’s old conservatory. The Northcliff residence had been sealed, and he no longer entered it.“I won’t disturb you again.” He set the key on the table. “I only have one question.”I waited.“If Serena had never appeared, would we still be together?”His wolf shadow lay at my feet, quieter than it had been on the day of our reunion.I shook my head. “If it had not been Serena, eventually it might have been someone else.”His face paled.“I did not leave because she won. She only forced me to see that our relationship had already been failing. You came home on time, but you had stopped listening to me. You gave me property and shares, yet decided which work was worth my time and which hurt I should tolerate.”“When Serena arrived, those choices became impossible to ignore. You knew I loved you and assumed I would never leave, so my feelings became the easiest thing to s
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