As promised, Alpha Dwight never appeared again. Not a single late-night intrusion, not a single shadowy guard lurking in the corners to tail me. It was as if he’d vanished entirely, leaving only the echoes of our last confrontation behind. Even though he was gone, the phantom weight of the mate bond lingered, pressing at the edges of my thoughts like a relentless whisper.
Now, in theory, my life should have returned to normal. In theory.
I sighed, dragging my fingers over the front page of the module I had been trying—unsuccessfully—to study. But my mind refused to cooperate. Every word blurred together, consumed by the constant replay of Alpha Dwight’s amber eyes, the anger, the heartbreak, the intensity that had made me shiver despite my insistence on keeping him at arm’s length. My he
