LILA’S POV
Silence settled after my words.
Not the kind that calms.
The kind that presses in, heavy and suffocating, like the world itself is holding its breath waiting to see what breaks first.
We end this.
The words still echoed in my head, sharp and final.
I didn’t regret them.
But I felt them.
In the way the air shifted.
In the way the runes along the walls flickered.
In the way they looked at me.
All four of them.
I turned slowly, meeting their gazes one by one.
Ethan.
Marcus.
Callum.
Davian.
Four Alphas.
Four mistakes.
Four pieces of something I had lost… and maybe never truly understood.
And yet..
The bond, broken as it was, still lingered.
A ghost under my skin.
Marcus was the first to move.
He stepped closer to the barrier separating us, his presence heavy,
