Chapter 3
Eleanor froze momentarily before meeting her gaze. “This wasn’t our agreement when we made our deal. Are you having second thoughts?”
Yes, she was.
Aria lowered her eyes, suppressing the bitterness in them. “I’ve disappointed you.”
Eleanor closed her eyes briefly and sighed. “Well. If that’s what you want, go ahead and end your bond with him. Since I gave you the opportunity, but you still couldn’t win his heart. Now our pack owes you nothing more.”
A heavy weight settled in Aria’s chest like stones in a river. “Thank you,” she replied hoarsely, her wolf whimpering at the finality.
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Returning to Moonrise Apartments, she coincidentally encountered Seraphina, her son, and Kane downstairs.
They had arrived in Kane’s black Porsche, the scent of his cologne still lingering in the evening air.
Aria stood frozen.
Seraphina looked at her in surprise. “Dr. Ashworth? Do you live at Moonrise Apartments too?”
Instinctively, Aria glanced at Kane, but he showed no reaction.
His coldness cut deeper than silver claws.
Moonrise Apartments was a luxury complex in Boston, one of the Ravencrest pack’s properties. Kane had offered it to her as compensation for their forced bond.
It was close to the hospital, so she accepted it.
She never imagined he would move Seraphina and her son here as well.
How eager his wolf must be.
“What a coincidence,” Aria murmured, suppressing her emotions.
As she turned to leave, Seraphina spoke again. “Dr. Ashworth, I heard you’re mated. Why haven’t we seen your mate around?”
Aria’s steps faltered.
Her gaze flickered to Kane, whose amber eyes darkened with displeasure.
Aria sneered inwardly. Was he really that afraid of Seraphina finding out about their mating bond?
“I don’t have a mate,” she stated flatly.
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A shadow passed through Kane’s normally controlled eyes.
“But Dr. Ashworth, your records list you as mated,” Seraphina said, her smile still in place but her eyes sharp as a blade.
Her hospital records did indeed list her as bonded. Yet no one had ever seen her supposed mate.
Aria forced a mocking smile. “I just wrote that for fun. I don’t have a mate.”
Kane’s eyes narrowed dangerously at her denial.
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