KATE CONNOR. ꘎♡━━━━━━━♡꘎ I haven’t heard from him again. He hasn’t reached out, and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve stared at my phone, wishing hard enough that something — a message, a call, anything — would show up. But nothing ever does. I sigh in defeat, hating this behavior so unlike me. I almost seem like a foolish teenage girl, hung up over someone else.“Kate.”His voice cuts through the silence like a sheet of glass.I don’t know what he wants, and I don’t really care to find out. I just hope he won’t be staying long.“Ignoring me won’t make my presence here any less real,” he says with that annoying calm of his. I roll my eyes, realizing, much to my frustration, that he’s absolutely right. “I’d like to know just how badly your father and I failed you and your brother, that now our entire legacy hangs by a thread because of Aarón and his stupid obsession with that Omega.” He crosses his arms. “And don’t even get me started on you. Being an Alpha clearly doesn’t su

VIOLET SWAN. OREGÓN-PORTLAND. ꘎♡━━━━━━━♡꘎ "I'm really glad you're happy, sweetheart," Dad says from the other side of the screen.I thought a lot about whether to make this call or not, but in the end, I decided I didn’t want any more lies in my life. From now on, I’d speak only the truth."Knowing that you finally have the whole truth… somehow makes me feel free, my girl.""Dad, it wasn’t easy, and even though I still don’t understand your decisions in a lot of things… I won’t judge you," I reply, staring at a fixed point in the room as if that gave me strength to say what I feel. Now that I have a life I used to only dream of… I’m not willing to lose it all."Your mother is amazing, and little by little, ever since the hospital, we’ve gotten so close, Dad.""That’s so good to hear, sweetheart," he smiles with that softness he's always reserved just for me. "A lot of things you’ll only understand when you're a

AARÓN CONNOR OREGÓN-PORTLAND. ꘎♡━━━━━━━♡꘎ I can't stop the fury and frustration from twisting inside me like a storm about to break. Every thought, every heartbeat, every breath seems to vibrate with a dark energy I can’t fully contain. If something happens to her… I don’t know what I’d be capable of. I don’t even want to think about it.I turn violently around a tight curve, the tires protesting against the wet asphalt, but I don’t care. The car leans, the engine growls louder, and for a moment, I feel like I’m losing my balance too. My knuckles are white on the steering wheel, gripping it so hard I swear I can hear the leather creak under pressure.I take a deep breath, trying to calm myself. It doesn’t work. The air does nothing to ease the tension squeezing my chest. It only reminds me that I could lose her."You can't lose control, Aarón," I murmur, as if saying it out loud could help me believe it. "You can't. This place i

DONOVAN CONNOR. PAST. ꘎♡━━━━━━━♡꘎ "Welcome back!" Kate's cry shatters the tense silence of the foyer. Without hesitation, she throws herself into my arms, wrapping herself around my neck as if her life depended on it. Her body trembles slightly against mine, like she's been holding her breath this whole time, waiting for my return.I hold her tight, clinging to her like I need to prove she's real too. I close my eyes and breathe deeply, losing myself in that sweet scent of lemon and green apple that lingers in her hair. Two months. Two months away from home, away from my pups, from this place that should be a sanctuary but has become a battlefield instead.The house reeks of suppressed tension, repressed fear, and unspoken orders. The furniture is still in place, but there's a coldness in the air that wasn't there before. An absence of warmth. Yet here I am. I can't leave them alone. Aarón and Kate need me. Even if they don't always show