#Chapter 100: Simple Messages

Ella POV Message notification from Alexander Black. The words flashed across the top of my phone screen as I checked the time, but I forced myself to ignore them. Keeping busy was my best defense against wandering thoughts, and I was certainly making sure to stay occupied. I spent the previous evening working on pack affairs with my father, diving into every detail to keep my mind from straying. Early this morning, I was off to my first occupational therapy appointment, determined to keep moving forward. I hadn’t dreamed that night—or, if I had, I didn’t remember it. Yet, the earlier dreams of Alexander lingered in my thoughts. The memory of his heat, the way he looked at me, and, most of all, his words. We could never have a stable relationship. He was right. Things were far too complicated in both our lives to imagine an easy future together. That was a fantasy I had to abandon, no matter how painful it was to let go. I needed to foc