Chapter 24
Days passed. At first, Irene told herself it was nothing. Elvis was busy. He was the Alpha. He had duties, meetings, elders breathing down his neck. It made sense that she wouldn’t see him every day. It made sense that he wouldn’t come looking for her again so soon. She repeated that thought over and over. It’s nothing. But each time she told herself that, her wolf stirred uneasily. You’re worried, her wolf whispered. “I’m not,” Irene murmured under her breath as she folded laundry. You are, the wolf insisted. She ignored it. She focused on her beta duties. She worked longer hours. She avoided places where she might accidentally run into him. She laughed with Zara. She kept herself busy but the silence stretched. The first day passed, then another. But by the third day, the quiet
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