Elena’s POV.
I glared at him, swallowing down the tears that threatened to spill. Moon Goddess knows, I wanted him. Deep in my chest, a desperate part of me wanted him more than breathing.
But… I knew better. “Raymond—”
“I have never viewed you as a secret, nor will I ever relegate you to the shadows,” he pressed on, his voice dropping to an intense murmur. “My marriage to Biana is a fake. It’s just paper and ink I was forced to sign to keep the pack from tearing itself apart when I became Alpha. And that contract has an end date.”
My breath hitched. “An end date?”
“Two weeks,” Raymond revealed, his eyes burning into mine. “In fourteen days, our treaty with her family expires. When my time with her is up, it’s over publicly, completely, and forever. You will never have to share me wit
