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Author: Joy Apens
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Chapter Fifty-two

Caleb’s POV

Hunter had been gone for hours. Not that it was my business to know where he went, but I could easily come up with a guess.

It wasn’t hard to see the signs every time the Alpha tried to run from his problems. I’d watched him do it before.

He would lose himself in a bottle until the anger and guilt he carried became numb enough for him to Ignore.

Tonight wasn’t so different.

I stood by one of the estate’s windows, staring out into the darkness, the moon shining a pale glow across the grounds.

My thoughts spun, still replaying the scene I’d stumbled upon earlier. I’d tried to push it out of my mind, but it kept coming back, like a wound that wouldn’t stop bleeding.

My jaw clenched as I remembered the way they’d looked at each other. Hunter’s raw, possessive gaze… so unlike him… and Faelen’s mix of shyness and shock.

It wasn’t just a casual fling or a meaningless encounter. There was something more there. Something deep.

The estate front doors creaked open,
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