It was normal to feel weird about it at first, right?
Give it more time, let the days stack up, and eventually I’d get used to her not being mine.
The burn in my chest would fade.
The wolf would settle.
I shoved my hands in my pockets, claws retracting as I forced a slow breath.
The night wind carried distant city smells, exhaust, damp pavement, a faint trace of pine from the green space nearby—but nothing of her.
That absence gnawed at me more than it should’ve.
Liliana POV
The company was circling the drain, and I could feel it in my bones, like my own ribs were cracking under the weight.
Jaxen, that selfish prick, yanked every lifeline without warning.
The second the funding dried up, my accounts hemorrhaged cash, the balance ticking down like blood pouring from an open w
