Jasper's pov.

It was like I had fallen into some kind of irredeemable madness, making more and more wrong commitments and decisions than I had expected, making me realize that although more than ten years had passed, I still didn't fully understand myself.

Lsabella stood on her tiptoes and a soft, warm kiss fell on the corner of my mouth.

This moment of intimacy stirred up memories I had buried in my heart.

On the day of the hunt, all the Alpha returned and gathered around the campfire to discuss how the border rogues had been expelled, and I noticed the absence of Lsabella.

"Where's Lsabella? Is she still back?"...