Hayden kept her head down at work, as she always had. She was hardworking, diligent, and quiet—the kind of person who did her job with precision but never sought attention.
She had never been one to make friends easily. Even with Fara, it had been Fara who had approached first, pulling Hayden into a friendship that had lasted since childhood.
And now, Hayden didn’t even remember meeting Silas or Sareena.
Sareena had been that good with her magic.
The memories were erased, the connections severed. At least, for Hayden.
But for Silas, the rejection hadn’t been enough.
The mate bond had not broken—it had only broken him.
Sareena had been watching him closely, worried about something only she could see—a faint tether, a thin golden thread of energy stretching from Silas’s heart. It puls
