Chapter 64 - I’m not her type

The question settled into the space between all three of them like a stone dropped into still water, the ripples immediate and impossible to ignore.

For a fraction of a second, no one moved. There was nothing overtly wrong with what he asked, nothing rude on the surface, yet it brushed dangerously close to lines that were never meant to be crossed.

An awkwardness settled between them, heavy and unspoken, because their world was layered with truths that could not be handed to outsiders.

Pack activities were not stories to share casually, not secrets to spill over coffee or laughter. They were boundaries carved in stone.

"Family," Seraphine answered, keeping her tone neutral, offering nothing more.

Leon felt Corvine’s gaze land on him with a weight that was anything but neutral. It was intense, assessing, protective in a way that made his instincts sharpen.

The warning did not need to be spoken, yet it echoed clearly in the tension between them. "Bring her back in one piece, or..."

brewing storm before it could form words, and she knew Corvine was just being

closing it gently behind her. As they moved, he positioned himself just slightly behind her, protective but subtle, like it was second nature

tightened at the sight. Unbeknownst to him, his mother had been observing from a distance,

the softness in her voice did nothing to dull the weight of what she meant, because beneath that calm delivery was the firm push of a mother who

earned through years of loving and losing and understanding how fragile timing could be, but there was also impatience, a sharp edge that came from seeing opportunity slipping

allowed himself to consider it. It was firm and final, clipped in a way that made it sound like a door slamming shut, like a decision carved in stone rather than something born

it, as though the rigidity of his posture could

the tension in his jaw, the tightness in his fists, the way he refused to look in the direction they had taken. "You think silence will protect you?" she asked, her voice steady, not mocking him but peeling back the layer he

not her type," he muttered, turning his face away as though that explanation alone should settle the matter, as though attraction was some fixed law written in

the way Leon smiled at

could not keep up with the tension building inside

for warmth." He let out a humorless breath, eyes darkening. "But Leon has a great sense of humor. He

in front of him, forcing him to acknowledge her presence instead of staring at

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