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Author: Arden River
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It had been six weeks since Alina left. Six weeks of silence.

The halls that were once alive even though quiet now felt dead.

Every corner of the pack house felt colder, emptier.

She wasn’t even loud or really noticeable when she was here, but her absence was crushing me alive.

I missed her. Not how I thought I would or even could. I missed the quiet comfort of her presence, the knowledge that she was near.

That no matter how far apart we were emotionally, she was still within reach. Now my nights were long and empty and filled with questions I couldn’t shut up.

Where was she now?

Was she safe?

Was she thinking of me at all?

If I could go back would I do things differently?

Could I have kept her here happy if I just stopped trying to fix Eve?

I was supposed to be an Alpha, a king, the strongest of all. But all I felt was powerless.

The meeting room was full of voices, other Alphas talking plans and decisions, but their words were just background noise.

My focus was elsewhere,
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