Chapter 34 – Gavin’s Trap
I. Uneasy Morning
The night after the kiss lingered like smoke in Seren’s lungs.
She walked through the village with Lyra close by her side, her body still humming with the memory of fire, the taste of heat and iron. Every glance she risked at Lyra sent her pulse skittering. Yet Kaelen’s shadow loomed just as large — the Alpha’s presence bristled wherever he went, his golden eyes sharper than steel, cutting into her every move.
The pack stirred restlessly, wolves exchanging terse words, hunters sharpening spears. Rumors of shadows moving at the border made the air brittle. Seren felt it in her bones — tension wound so tight it threatened to snap.
Kaelen stopped her once, his hand brushing her arm, though his voice stayed cool.
“You’re… different today.”
Ser
