Chapter 139\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ellie POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
The air in the packhouse felt different. Even when everything seemed calm, I could feel the tension buzzing under the surface, like the whole building was holding its breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kieran was here for a meeting with Nolan and a few of the senior warriors to discuss the border. In light of the rogue attack, and the fact that Kieran\u2019s pack shared a border with Silver Fang, it made perfect sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Part of me couldn\u2019t help but wonder if his presence this early in the morning was more, but I tried to shake off the thought. I didn\u2019t want to start believing that the goddess really was manipulating the events around me. Although, it was getting harder and harder to maintain that stance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stayed out of the way, listening faintly from the hall while pretending to busy myself with other things. I didn\u2019t need to hear the details to know what they were talking about. Every conversation lately came back to the same thing: safety, security, control.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But no matter how tight Nolan locked down the borders, the sense of unease that had been creeping through me for weeks wouldn\u2019t go away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ever since that day-the flash of light, the vision, the woman with moonlit eyes-I\u2019d felt it constantly. Like something unseen was shifting closer, like the goddess was trying to tell me that the real danger hadn\u2019t even begun yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Kieran\u2019s meeting ended, I expected him to leave with the others. Instead, he lingered. He said something quietly to Nolan before slipping away down the corridor. A few minutes later, I heard his voice again-closer this time, softer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEllie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned, heart giving an anxious stutter. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He smiled faintly, that same easy, charming expression that made people underestimate him. \u201cI could say the same about you. You look pale, are you all right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hesitated. I wanted to tell him it was nothing, that he should go. But the words stuck in my throat. The truth was, I wasn\u2019t all right. The dreams, the attack, the whispers that followed me everywhere I went, it was too\u00a0<\/p>\n
much.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d I said, though it didn\u2019t sound convincing even to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kieran frowned, stepping closer. \u201cYou don\u2019t look fine. Nolan\u2019s made this place into a fortress since the attack, but that kind of protection comes at a cost. You\u2019re a bird in a cage, Ellie. I don\u2019t think you were made for that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something in his tone made me look up at him sharply. He wasn\u2019t wrong. And yet\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have much of a choice,\u201d I murmured.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He studied me for a long moment, his expression softening. \u201cYou always have a choice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wanted to believe that. I really did. But I thought about the boys, about their tiny hands reaching for me, about the way August had started holding himself up on his chubby little arms and I hadn\u2019t been there to see it. The\u00a0<\/p>\n
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guilt burned in my chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kieran had saved me this morning, but he wouldn\u2019t always be there, would he?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then again, wasn\u2019t that exactly what he was offering me? Protection from people just like that woman. People who couldn\u2019t be reasoned with, who were unpredictable\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought of marrying Kieran made my chest twist strangely. It wasn\u2019t that I hated the idea of being his wife. He was handsome, charming, and sweet. But marrying him just for the benefits and safety of being with an alpha felt wrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then again, hadn\u2019t I already done that once with Nolan? Why should Kieran be any different?\u00a0<\/p>\n
My head was spinning. It was so difficult to know what to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEllie, are you alright? I know that what happened with that woman was frightening but you seem\u2026 disturbed.\u201d Kieran\u2019s voice was low, almost confessional as he moved just a bit closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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