TRISTAN
Livia didn’t just make things worse.
She lit a damn fire. I stood in my office staring at the wall. My phone felt heavy in my hand, as if it weighed more than steel. There were no replies, no ringing. It was just silence.
Yelena’s silence was louder than any scream. Her number didn’t even go through. It went straight to death air maybe blocked again
I dragged my fingers through my hair and exhaled hard. My wolf paced, restless, his claws scraping against my ribs. He didn’t like this. He didn’t like being shut out while I didn’t like another male anywhere near her space. I didn't like Livia’s scent clinging to me like a lie that refused to die.
I reached for my jacket.
“Alpha, where are you going?”
Daniel’s voice stopped me at the door. My beta stood there, with his arms cro
