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“I forgot how good this feels—just sitting.” Adrian nodded, stretching his long legs under the table. “I forget sometimes too.” Nora slurped loudly and declared, “I want to be a writer and a dragon keeper when I grow up.” Amelia raised her eyebrow. “Ambitious.” “Adrian says I can do both.” Adrian shrugged casually. “She’s got a wide range.” Once they arrived back at the safehouse, Nora had already dozed off in the backseat. Adrian didn’t hesitate to carry her inside, her head resting on his shoulder, arms slung around his neck like she trusted he wouldn’t let her drop.

I let it break exactly what it needed to break to make the story work, and not one bone more. Nora wasn't supposed to matter. She was supposed to be exactly what I'd been told she was — a soft, forgettable pack girl who'd cry, sign the papers, and disappear quietly into whatever corner broken women disappear into. Instead she'd built an exit plan behind everyone's back. Instead she had a phone with no pack registration and, apparently, a direct line to the Alpha of Blackridge, who'd apparently been in love with her for two years without either of us noticing a single thing.

POV: Nora I went to Sera at first light. She was in a building three streets from the hotel, fourth floor, a room that smelled like coffee and paper and the particular staleness of a space that had been lived in with the windows closed. She had the laptop open and two phones charging and the same organized spread of documents across the available surfaces that I was starting to recognize as her natural habitat. She looked at my face when I came in and said nothing for a moment. Then she poured me coffee and sat across from me and waited.

I read the first line and set it back down, I left the food untouched, I crossed to the bar instead. I poured myself a glass of whiskey, it burned less than it usually did. I carried the glass toward the window, outside, the sky beyond the grounds had started to turn gold. The fountain near the gardens reflected the last of the sunlight. I rested one hand against the glass. I knew Nora had spent five years in London. I knew she had returned with Beaumont under her control. I knew she had taken Andrade before I realized she was even bidding. I knew Alexander Ashton had met her when she was carrying twins.

Nora was a woman who had run a billion-dollar empire from the age of twenty-six and had somehow managed to make me believe, for eight solid years, that she didn't know how a stock market worked. She hadn't been oblivious. She just had been watching and I didn't know. The thought sent something cold moving all the way down my spine. "Ava, I need you to be honest with me." She looked up then, and for a brief moment, something flickered in her eyes—I couldn't name but didn't like. "How much do you actually know about Nora Hamilton?" I asked. "Before I met her. Before Willow Creek. Before all of this." Ava closed her laptop.

"You have not brought a woman home since Isabella died." The mention of her name made my jaw tighten. "Nora is different." "How?" Clara asked. "Who is she? Where did she come from?" "She is payment for a debt." I kept my voice steady. "Landon signed her over to me." Adrian raised his eyebrows. "Darius's son? The hospital empire family?" "Yes." "And you accepted her?" Clara's tone was skeptical. "Why would you want another person's burden?" Because she looks exactly like Isabella. Because seeing her face made my dead heart beat again. Because I could not let her go.

This time, the three of them were in the same pickle. Nora got out of the dungeon of the Dark Howlers pack only after taking a blood oath that she won’t disclose to Alpha Edward anything that could harm George, James, Drake, or Talia. James explained to Nora that she needed to keep quiet about Marcy, Talia, and anything else that happened at the Dark Howlers pack because if Alpha Edward suspects anything fishy, they will all be on the chopping block. The safest thing was for everyone to say how Marcy tricked them and no one saw it coming. Nora agreed to roll with it. She was desperate to stay in Alpha Edward’s good books. Besides, Alpha Edward knew that Nora was in the dungeon, so her story

Then one of the newest maids, Mary, told me he went to work with Nova who was interning at his workplace. Which was weird because I've never entered the same vehicle with Dad. He would rather ask his driver to drop me, then come in another vehicle than share his space with someone. But surprisingly, the same Dad is doing the Good Samaritan and helping Nova out. Nova had always wanted it all. She's an orphan, yes. But somehow she'd always been the top best overall student. I've tried several times alongside Katie to distract her by all means necessary since we couldn't catch up with her academically despite us taking private lessons.

But I regained my thoughts and met his gaze. “What are you doing here so early, Nikolas?” I had a cheeky smile on my face as I replied. His eyes darkened at my response. His eyes focused on my grip on Rainora’s hands. I tried to tighten my grip to antagonize him, but suddenly, Rainora managed to free herself due to my distraction. Before I could make any movement, she rushed off to the building. I had a smirk on my face as I watched her retreating figure. The audience watching the entire scenes eventually dissipated while whispering, making their conversations inaudible.

I was beginning to get weary of discussing the matter, but seeing the worried look on his face and also noticing that he wasn't as apprehensive as before and was now open to having a conversation about the matter like a level-headed person, I persisted. "Father, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Nora is one of the kindest girls I have ever met. She came back to visit her pack after such a long time, saw the state they were in, and heard about the condition you were in. Knowing she had a shot at saving your life due to her incredible record in the human world, she decided to use your health as a bargaining chip to get what she wants." I could see the worried look on his face begin t