Vanessa’s POV
The estate felt too quiet.
I stood at the window of my private sitting room, staring out at the grounds where Selina used to train with Kira and Sage.
The late afternoon sun cast long shadows across the lawn, painting everything in shades of gold that should have been beautiful but just felt empty.
She’d been gone for five days.
Five days of lying to the council. Five days of pretending everything was normal while my daughter hid somewhere I couldn’t reach her.
I pressed my hand against the glass, the cool surface grounding me slightly.
I’d never spent this long apart from Selina. Not since she was born. Even when she’d: struggled…when she’d been wolfless and isolated…I’d always been able to see her.
Now she was miles away, and all I had was Rowan’s assurances that
