Chase
*****Crescent Valley Fortress — Courtyard*****
I didn’t sleep.
I didn’t blink.
I didn’t move.
After the courtyard scene with Seraphina, the world around me had turned into static. Noise without meaning. Faces without names. Voices without weight.
All I saw was Elena walking away with the twins.
My twins.
And that look on her face when our eyes met….
Not anger.
Not shock.
Not fear.
Nothing.
Absolute nothing.
As if I was a stranger.
My wolf whimpered inside me, restless and confused, pacing like I’d stabbed him in the chest. Every second that passed made the ache worse. It wasn’t physical pain, it was something colder, something that wrapped around my lungs and squeezed.
Regret.
Real regret.
A kind I’d never felt before.
Quinn stood beside me silently. He knew better
