SOPHIA’S POV
The mont Zade asked what changed, my chest tightened painfully.
His voice had been low and rough when he said it. There was frustration inside it, under that frustration, I heard sothing even more dangerous -hurt, real hurt.
My wolf whimpered softly inside . She hated hearing him sound like that.
Even now, after everything, she still reacted to him so strongly that it frustrated to my core.
I dropped his injured hand after finishing the bandage.
“You should disinfect it again later,” I said quietly while avoiding his eyes.
But Zade didn’t move. He didn’t respond. He didn’t even glance at the bandage.
Instead, his eyes remained fixed entirely on my face.
“Sophia.” He whispered.
Just hearing him say my na that way made my chest ache.
I stepped back from him.
“We should go back,” I said.
Before I could turn away, Zade suddenly grabbed my wrist.
The warmth of his hand instantly spread through my skin like fire. My breath caught involuntarily, and my wolf reacted imdiately to the physical contact. She pressed anxiously against , torn between wanting him closer and wanting to run away from him completely.
“You still haven’t answered ,” he said darkly.
I finally looked at him then.
And imdiately regretted it.
Because his eyes looked terrifyingly intense right now. There was too much emotion inside them. Anger. Frustration. Confusion. Possessiveness. Pain.
All directed at .
“You already know the answer,” I said quietly.
“No,” he replied imdiately. “I don’t.”
His grip on my wrist tightened slightly.
“What changed between us?”
I stared at him silently for several seconds before finally laughing softly.
But there was no happiness in the sound.
“You really don’t know?”
Zade’s jaw clenched tightly.
My wolf whimpered again inside because she could sense how unstable his emotions were becoming. His Alpha aura was growing heavier around us now, filling the quiet forest with dangerous pressure.
I pulled my wrist from his hand.
“What exactly are you asking ?” I said coldly. “Why I stopped chasing after you? Why I stopped acting like an idiot every ti you looked at ?”
Zade’s expression darkened imdiately. “That’s not what this is.”
“Then what is it?”
My voice rose as I spoke “You disrespected by eting up with Tiffany outside while you ca to see at the hospital. You flirt with Tiffany. You drink with Tiffany. You let her cling to you publicly. You show up everywhere with won hanging all over you.” My throat tightened painfully. “And then you stand here asking why I changed?”
Zade suddenly looked furious. “Tiffany ans nothing.”
I laughed bitterly “Of course, she does.”
“She doesn’t,” he snapped harshly.
The force in his voice startled nearby birds from the trees.
My wolf flinched inside and so did I. Zade imdiately noticed. His expression shifted briefly with regret before hardening again.
“You’re the one pulling away from ,” he said. “You’re the one pretending nothing happened between us.”
I stared at him coldly “Because nothing should have happened between us.”
The mont those words left my mouth, I saw sothing crack inside his expression.
I saw the pain in his eyes, real pain. But I forced myself to continue anyway.
“We belong to completely different worlds, Zade.” I whispered.
He went still.
I swallowed hard before continuing “You and I were never supposed to happen in the first place.”
The forest suddenly felt painfully quiet around us. Even my wolf beca restless now, because despite saying those words, they hurt too.....a lot.
Zade stared at for several long seconds without blinking. Then finally ....
“So that’s it?” he said. His voice had beco frighteningly calm now. “That’s your excuse?”
I sighed “It’s not an excuse.”
“It is.” His eyes turned dark “You’re running away.”
I felt anger rise inside imdiately.
“No,” I snapped. “I’m being realistic.”
“Realistic?” he repeated mockingly.
“Yes.”
I folded my arms tightly across my chest to stop myself from trembling.
“This is about Damien.” He said “You still love him.”
My eyes went wide with shock “What?”
“You heard .”
His wolf was surfacing now. I could feel it clearly. The possessive Alpha pressure around him had beco almost suffocating.
“You keep pushing away because of Damien.”
I gasped “That’s not true.”
“Yes, it is. You’re still emotionally tied to him no matter how badly he treats you.”
Anger exploded inside instantly.
“You don’t know anything about .” I snapped.
“I know enough.”
I stepped closer toward him furiously.
“You think you understand so well?” My voice shook emotionally. “You think you can judge while you run around publicly humiliating with Tiffany?”
Zade’s expression snapped instantly. “I never humiliated you.”
I laughed harshly. My wolf growled painfully inside now too. Because deep down, she had been hurt every single ti she saw him with another woman.
“You still love Damien,” he suddenly said again.
The accusation hit hard. Honestly... I didn’t even know what I felt anymore. Was it love? Hatred? Exhaustion?
All I knew was that Damien had destroyed sothing inside long ago. But hearing Zade accuse like this still hurt deeply.
“I don’t owe you explanations,” I said quietly.
The mont those words left my mouth, sothing inside Zade snapped.
Suddenly, he grabbed my face roughly.....and kissed ....ard.
My eyes widened instantly in shock.
The force behind the kiss nearly stole my breath. His lips crashed against mine angrily.
I shoved hard against his chest imdiately.
“Zade!” I scread.
But he refused to let go. His hand tightened behind my neck while kissing harder. I could literally feel how unstable his emotions were now. His wolf had completely lost control.
I bit down harshly against his lip. Zade pulled back slightly in shock. That gave enough space to slap him.
The sound echoed through the quiet forest.
Zade froze completely.
I stared at him breathing heavily while anger and humiliation burned through my chest.
“How dare you?!” I shrieked.
Zade looked stunned. His lip had started bleeding where I bit him earlier. His eyes remained fixed on silently.
“You don’t get to force yourself on because you’re angry,” I snapped.
My wolf was shaking emotionally inside now too, not from fear, but from heartbreak.
“What you just did was disgusting.” I said.
The word visibly hit him hard.
Sothing cold entered his expression now, sothing dangerous.
Zade kicked the pile of gathered firewood beside him. The wood scattered everywhere across the forest floor loudly.
The force shocked .
His Alpha aura exploded dangerously around us now. Rage rolled off him so heavily that even my wolf retreated inside uneasily.
“Fine,” he said hoarsely.
His eyes looked terrifying now.
“You want distance?” he laughed bitterly. “Then keep it.”
Before I could react, he turned and stord away furiously through the trees.
My chest tightened painfully watching him leave.
My wolf whimpered loudly inside .
THIRD PERSON’S POV
Zade walked out of the forest.
Tiffany imdiately approached Zade the second he appeared from the forest.
Her expression softened instantly when she saw him. She moved closer toward him while pretending concern.
“Zade, are you alright?” she asked gently.
But Zade didn’t even look at her properly.
His face remained terrifyingly cold.
“Move.” He said through gritted teeth.
Tiffany froze, probably because he sounded genuinely frightening right now. Still, she forced another smile.
“I was worried about you.” She said.
Zade finally looked at her then. His eyes were so cold that Tiffany flinched a little.
“Didn’t you hear ?” he snarled. His voice was ice cold. “Move.”
Tiffany’s face went pale.. She stepped aside imdiately.
anwhile, nearby voices suddenly rose loudly.
“Say it again!” “I hate you!”
Ashley and Boris stood near the rocks beside the small river now. Ashley’s tiny face looked red from crying and anger.
Then suddenly, she scread out
“You’re still a motherless bastard!”
Everything froze again.
Boris looked devastated instantly. But before anyone else could react, Klara suddenly rushed forward furiously.
“You’re an!” Klara cried out.
Ashley gasped in shock. And then, Klara shoved her.
Ashley lost balance instantly and fell backward off the rock with a scared cry.
Several adults scread loudly nearby, but Klara wasn’t done.
She climbed down after Ashley and started pushing at her angrily.
“Bad girl! Bad girl!” Klara scread.
Ashley burst into tears instantly.
The entire field exploded into chaos.
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