Chapter 25 – The Hidden File
(Elena’s POV)
It was too quiet at night. It was so quiet in the forest that even the crickets stopped chirping. Lucian still hadn't come back, and every shadow outside my window seemed to move, which made me think of the unease that had been bothering me for days.
That morning, he left without saying anything, just that he "needed to check something." His voice was distant and sharper than usual, as if he were fighting a battle he didn't want me to see.
I couldn't stop thinking about what the Elder Lycans had said two days ago as I paced the floor of the small cabin.
An Alpha heir who is lost.
The words had followed me like ghosts, haunting me at night and in the light of day. The way they stared at me, like they saw something in me that I didn't, made my
