Chapter Eighty-five

Sitting on my bed, I couldn’t help but feel a strange mix of relief and anxiety as I chatted with Devon and Melissa. The looming threat that had hung over us for so long seemed to have finally lifted. Alpha Roman was still out there, but with Natasha gone, the immediate danger felt like it had passed. For the first time in what felt like forever, I could breathe a little easier, knowing that the nightmare of a forced bond with Louis and the power plays orchestrated by Alpha Roman had been derailed—at least for now. But even with that relief, a nagging worry gnawed at me.

“I’m...