Chapter 259

Cyrus's POV I watched Claire leave, her words echoing in my mind. Was she right? Was what I felt for her simply protective instinct rather than love? "She made good points," Dante observed. "You don't feel the mating pull with her." "Maybe not, but I care about her deeply," I argued. "That's natural. She's the female Lycan, and you're her Guardian wolf. But there's a difference between duty and destiny." I sighed, leaning back in my chair. "You think our true mate is still out there?" "I know it," Dante responded confidently. "And Claire deserves someone who loves her completely, not because of blood obligations." My thoughts shifted to my father. His behavior had been increasingly suspicious. During the Rogues invasion that killed Claire's mother, he hadn't been protecting the Royal Pack as he should have. Instead, he'd been "patrolling elsewhere." A detail that never sat right with me. But proving anything after twenty-five years seemed impossible. A knock interrupted my thoughts. Ja