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    The air around us felt frozen, so cold it cut to the bone. Every breath seemed to tremble with

    caution.

    I turned to look at Leslie. Her gaze was distant, almost careless–but beneath that calmy something sharp, something unmistakable.

    Distrust.

    The moment her eyes met mine, something inside me jolted.

    She didn’t trust me.

    I lowered my head, almost able to feel the wound opening across my chest, as if she’d carved it into me with her own ws.

    “You think I sent Lyana?” I asked, my voice unsteady, tinged with disbelief and something that felt far too much like pain.

    I narrowed my eyes, searching her face for a sign–anything.

    But she didn’t speak.

    She only curled her lips into a cold, mocking smile.

    That silence said more than any words ever could.

    My wolf growled deep inside. “She’s a queen on her throne. Who knows what kind of prejudice lies behind those frozen eyes.”

    Leiss suddenly shivered beside me. The air seemed colder than before, a suffocating pressure weighing down on all of us.

    Then Leslie spoke.

    “Then why,” she said, voice like ice, “did you show up?”

    Her words mmed into the silence like a de. The chill thickened.

    Leiss rushed forward, panicked. “It’s a misunderstanding! This has nothing to do with Kirby! We were about to leave when he said he wanted to talk to you. The doorman said you went this way, so we followed…”

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    He nced at Mch, who nodded hastily. “That’s right, Leslie. That’s exactly what happened.”

    Leslie lowered her gaze slightly, as if weighing the truth of their story.

    Leiss pushed on, more urgent now. “You were married once. Kirby would never hurt you! He smelled a fight nearby and ran here without a second thought to protect you. How could you think he’d do something so underhanded?”

    There was a tremor in his voice–hurt, frustration–on my behalf.

    But Leslie’s gaze stayed cold. No exnation, no excuse, seemed to reach her.

    Married once?

    The words cut deep.

    She looked at me, and there was something unreadable in her eyes.

    We were never truly husband and wife. There was no loyalty there, no debt of love or duty.

    She gave a soft, humorlessugh. “So I should thank you, then?”

    My wolf, Lance, howled in pain inside me.

    To her, my instinct to protect–my reckless sprint into danger–was nothing more than a scheme.

    And then, from the sidelines, Lyana’s mocking voice slid in, dripping venom.

    “Looks like you got ahead of yourself, Alpha. The Rogue Pack princess doesn’t exactlyck for admirers.”

    Leslie’s gaze snapped toward her, sharp as a de. Her voice cut cleaner than any w.

    “Lyana, you might want to worry about yourself first.”

    Before the words had finished leaving her lips, Mch spoke up in surprise.

    “Alpha… someone’sing. It’s Lord Thorbane–and Eric!”

    Lyana’s POV

    The moment I heard Eric’s name, my stomach dropped.

    Thorbane–an Alpha from the royal line–arrived with his guards, surrounding us with unshakable precision.

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    And Eric… he pushed straight through the crowd, eyes locked on Leslie. His pupils were red with fury, his expression a mask of barely restrained rage.

    He stopped in front of her, then turned toward me, and the look in his eyes-

    He looked at me like he wanted to tear me apart.

    His voice, low and tight, was sharper than steel. “Did she hurt you?”

    That voice didn’t sound like the Eric I knew–the yful, charming one with his easy smile. That man was gone.

    What stood before me now was a wolf ready to kill.

    And in that moment, everything I had felt for him–every bit of loyalty, every scrap of hope, every painful longing–crumbled into dust.

    Dust too worthless to even blow away.

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