Maya

Jackson bonded with the twins so effortlessly that it felt like they’d been part of his life since birth. Watching him light up around Max and Leo, making plans to visit their pack, was bittersweet—a painful reminder of the unspoken truth. After the mating ceremony, Maximus and Leonardo would be gone from Jackson’s life. It was evident in their eyes too, that same familiar sadness mirroring my own.

Lost in these thoughts, I made my way downstairs. I’d forgotten to ...