The library was a tomb of silence, the heavy oak doors sealing out the rest of the Blackwood estate, but that silence only served to amplify the thundering of my own heart. Outside those doors, the world was moving on. Blake and Lexi were already halfway to the north ridge, driven by a primal, undeniable snap that had turned my best friend and Zayne’s Second into a single, cohesive unit. They were going to mate sealing their souls before the Council could even blink.
I was happy for them. I truly was. But as I stood in the flickering amber light of the library’s hearth, a sharp, jagged ache was clawing at my chest, turning my blood into liquid fire.
Alexandra POV
It wasn't fair. The thought kept circling my mind like a caged wolf. I watched the door they had just exited, the wood still
