Tobias
It had been nearly three weeks since Nevara disappeared, and for the first time, I could admit it didn’t bother me like it probably should have.
Not in the way people expected from a husband.
Vanessa and Noah filled every inch of the space she left behind. The pack house was warmer now—louder, messier, more alive. Noah’s laughter echoed through the halls like sunlight spilling in through windows I didn’t know had been closed. And Vanessa… she made everything feel like it had purpose again.
For years, I’d buried how I felt. Pushed it down under duty and guilt and the weight of being Alpha. But from the moment Nickolai brought her home—his new mate, glowing and proud—I knew I was in trouble.
I envied him. Not just for having her, but for the way she looked at him. The way she mov
