TWO ALPHAS ONE BOND
Understanding dawned.
In the charged silence, with the ocean’s rhythm a counterpoint to Lyra’s calm, practical questions, I made a decision. Not about Karleen, or the child. About him. About us. About the worth of thirty-five years spent on the wrong side of a rivalry built on a lie, in the face of the woman standing between us.
I held his gaze and gave a single, decisive nod.
A subtle shift rippled through Orion’s expression, not relief, but something deeper, quieter. The settling of a man long braced for the worst, now tentatively accepting something better.
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