Avery’s POV
There were many things I could tolerate.
Aidan Silvester was not one of them.
For day…long, exhausting days… he had not left me alone.
Ever since that night in my bedroom, he had been a constant presence, lingering like a shadow, always a step too close, always watching. It didn’t matter where I went. The Blackwood estate? He was there, charming my family while they fawned over him like he was the greatest thing to ever exist. The training grounds? He somehow managed to show up exactly when I was scheduled to train, offering his oh-so-wise advice that I never asked for. And now—here.
Where I should have been alone.
I inhaled slowly, forcing myself to focus on my surroundings.
The abandoned cabin was eerily silent.
This was where they had found the pack guard.
A lonely
