Chapter 36: Next Week
(Eden's POV)
The rain had slowed to a drizzle by the time I left the Pack House. My footsteps pushed through the weight of the damp air, each one faster than the last.
Leaving Victoria behind, wailing and clinging to Alexander as if her world depended on it, was the only thing pulling me toward clarity.
I needed air. Space. Anything to keep my powers stable.
It wasn’t just the breaking remnants of the mate bond—it was everything. The lies, the exhaustion, the constant manipulation. A storm raged within me, one that no amount of quiet outside could ever still.
I had only one destination in mind: the pack healer's shop. If anything could help with the chaos swirling under my skin, it was the stabilizers they kept. Magic had to have limits, or I would tear my
