Chapter 103

ANDRES Her words hung in the air like the edge of a sharp blade against my throat. So, Atlas Darwin was her ex-mate… For a moment, I could hear nothing but the throbbing in my heart. The rumbles of Czer were darkening my senses. ‘You should have killed him the moment you saw him.’ ‘And risk terrifying her further?’ I shot back. My hands curled into fists, nails biting into my palms. ‘You felt her… she’s still bleeding from him.’ ‘Bleeding? She’s been torn open. That bastard touched what’s ours, claimed what’s ours, and he’s still breathing.’ Czer’s voice was hitting like a sharp edge of a thorn. ‘This isn’t just history. Wolves like him… they don’t let go unless forced.’ I clenched my jaw, forcing my breathing steady, but the bond pulsed between Valentina and me like a drum of battle. Her scent still clung to me—rain and wild lily, and underneath it, faint but present, was the stench of him. ‘You think he’s back for her?’ I asked as doubts coiled within me. I had the urge to ask what h