TRISTAN

Livia didn’t just make things worse.

She lit a damn fire. I stood in my office staring at the wall. My phone felt heavy in my hand, as if it weighed more than steel. There were no replies, no ringing. It was just silence.

Yelena’s silence was louder than any scream. Her number didn’t even go through. It went straight to death air maybe blocked again

I dragged my fingers through my hair and exhaled hard. My wolf paced, restless, his claws scraping against my ribs. He didn’t ...