Anderson's POV
I watched Victor follow Ava out of the room. The door closed behind them softly.
Silence immediately settled over the ward.
Nora frowned. Reuben frowned harder.
And I... I stood there quietly, staring at the spot where Ava had disappeared.
My wolf shifted restlessly beneath my skin.
Something felt wrong, not just about tonight.
About everything.
For five years, I had believed I understood exactly who Ava was. A liar. A manipulative wolf and the woman responsible for Juliet’s death.
But lately... every certainty I once had was beginning to crack apart.
Reuben was the first to move. He broke the silence with a sigh before finding a nurse and arranging for Nora to be transferred to one of the VIP recovery suites upstairs.
Even injured, Nora still argued with him the
