Romance

  Ethan&#39;s POV
  For an Alpha who&#39;s both a husband and a father, being a wounded person was&nbsp;really a suffocating experience. My shoulder injury was mostly healed now, though it still twingeed&nbsp;when I moved&nbsp;too abruptly. That doctor, Miranda—her medical skills were&nbsp;top-notch, but she&nbsp;was&nbsp;so nagging, insisting I &quot;move around appropriately to promote wound recovery.&quot; Fine, I&#39;ll move around.
  I&#39;d noticed Jacob looking down lately too. Ever since he got out of bed, he&#39;d either be zoning out or wandering aimlessly, like he&#39;d lost his soul. A brother in trouble? I had to cheer him up. I hooked my arm around his shoulder, careful to avoid the injured side. “Hey, buddy, wanna take a stroll? I’ll rust your bones&nbsp;if you lie there for a long time.”
  Jacob didn&#39;t react much, just gave a quiet nod. Fine, at least he responded.
  

  Jacob&#39;s POV
  When I saw those bastards, wrapped like mummies, desecrating Brett&#39;s resting place with shovels, something inside my head snapped. Rage engulfed me like molten lava, burning my vision black and filling my ears with a deafening roar.
  For Celena, for her broken heart, I swore to protect this last sanctuary of peace. But now...
  Yet I&#39;d grown accustomed to erecting walls around myself, sealing off all emotion. So this violent rage that could transform me, apart from the Wolf in my mind that was also roaring wildly, no one in my tribe sensed it through the link. &nbsp;
  Tear them apart! my wolf screamed.
  Ethan held me back. His coolness was like a bucket of cold water, temporarily dousing my urge to charge out immediately. He was right. We had to be careful.
  We transformed into wolves, crouching low, moving through the woods like ghosts. My eyes locked ont

  Celena&#39;s POV
  Ren arrived with her medical kit, quietly settling into a corner and offering us a gentle smile.
  The room soon filled with the chatter of women. They discussed the unusually warm weather lately, the pretty new dresses at the town&#39;s clothing store, and what new words Lily&#39;s daughter Aurora had learned at her grandmother&#39;s house. Ren even shared a new herbal tea recipe she&#39;d been trying. They didn&#39;t deliberately gather around me, but I felt enveloped by this relaxed, warm atmosphere, and it was very comfortable. I rarely chimed in, just listened, occasionally nodding awkwardly when Lily asked me, “Would blue or red look better on Celena for this dress?”
  The twin brothers peeked furtively through the doorway several times, clearly curious about what their witch was up to. Each time, Rose laughed them away with “Girls&#39; time—no men allowed.” Wa

Ethan&#39;s POV
  For an Alpha who&#39;s both a husband and a father, being a wounded person was&nbsp;really a suffocating experience. My shoulder injury was mostly healed now, though it still twingeed&nbsp;when I moved&nbsp;too abruptly. That doctor, Miranda—her medical skills were&nbsp;top-notch, but she&nbsp;was&nbsp;so nagging, insisting I &quot;move around appropriately to promote wound recovery.&quot; Fine, I&#39;ll move around.
  I&#39;d noticed Jacob looking down lately too. Ever since he got out of bed, he&#39;d either be zoning out or wandering aimlessly, like he&#39;d lost his soul. A brother in trouble? I had to cheer him up. I hooked my arm around his shoulder, careful to avoid the injured side. “Hey, buddy, wanna take a stroll? I’ll rust your bones&nbsp;if you lie there for a long time.”
  Jacob didn&#39;t react much, just gave a quiet nod. Fine, at least he responded.
  The two of us just walked along in silence, without a clear destination. &nbsp;But as I walked on,

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