Chapter 64

Author Yelena Tyler watched from her hospital window as a familiar white Porsche pulled into the driveway below. This was the car he'd gifted her for her twenty-eighth birthday. She'd returned it when her family relocated overseas, never imagining he'd kept it all these years. A satisfied smile touched her perfectly painted lips. Her gaze tracing Alpha Damien's broad shoulders as he emerged from the vehicle. She met him at the entrance, flashing the apologetic smile that had once melted his resolve. "I'm so sorry for troubling you," she said, layering her tone with just the right mix of gratitude and reluctance. Yelena prided herself on knowing Alpha Damien better than anyone. She knew his preferences, his pet peeves, how his wolf responded to challenge and submission. Her decision to leave him for another mate years ago remained her greatest regret—a miscalculation she'd spent every day since trying to rectify. Yet she remained confident. Nicole Snyder might possess youthful freshness