Chapter 289

Kieran’s POV

I see her go again. She didn’t even look back anymore. Everywhere he goes And he follows.bOr maybe she lets him follow. I don’t even know which one is worse.

My fingers tighten against the rough wood of the bench beneath me, nails pressing hard enough to sting, but I barely feel it.

I used to feel everything.

Every shift in the wind. Every heartbeat around me. Every emotion that passed through the pack was like a living thing.

Now…Nothing. Just this quiet emptiness sitting in my chest like something died there and forgot to leave.

I swallow hard, my throat dry as I stare into the dark line of trees where she disappeared.

Azrael. Even thinking his name makes something ugly twist inside me. What makes it worse is because I can’t fight him. Not like… this.

My hand lifts slightly, hovering in the air like I’m expecting to feel something—my wolf, my power, anything.

There’s nothing there. I let it drop slowly.