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Chapter 58 A Very Public Mistake

Lady Flourish’s POV

By the time I arrived at the airport, night had already settled over the city.

The arrival hall was crowded with travelers, wolves and humans moving through the sliding doors with luggage rolling behind them.

Every time the doors opened, cold air swept into the building, carrying exhaust fumes, unfamiliar scents and the distant smell of rain.

I pulled my coat tighter and checked my phone.

Nothing.

No message.

No update.

Typical.

Davina had specifically demanded that I come and pick her up, yet she had apparently forgotten that normal people usually informed their drivers when their flights actually landed.

I was considering calling her when a familiar shriek tore through the noise.

“Flourish!”

Several wolves nearby turned their heads.

I barely had time to look up before my wolf recognized the scent racing toward us.

Davina.

Excitement surged through me.

The next second, she crashed into me.

I stumbled backward, catching myself before both of us went down.

“Flourish!” she cried, wrapping both arms around me. “I missed you to death.”

‘I laughed despite myself and hugged her back.

Her wolf was practically vibrating beneath her skin.

“You’ve been gone for three months, not three years.”

“Sarne thing.”

She squeezed me harder.

Chapter 58 A Very Public Mistake

“Dev,” I muttered. “You’re crushing me.”

She sounded entirely serious.

“I’ve decided you’re never getting rid of me again”

“That sounds threatening.”

“It should.”

I finally pulled back.

Then I looked at her properly.

My eyes traveled down her cropped top, past her white shorts, and toward her completely bare legs.

I stared.

Then I looked toward the

as another blast of cold wind swept inside.

Then I looked back at b

“All right.”

I removed my co

“You look like

Davina gri

“Ther thick

out of summer.”

ight,” I continued. “Put this on before you catch something. I have no idea how

ace.

ook my coat.

op her, she leaned forward and planted a loud kiss on my cheek.

best. You care about me the most.”

ou’re disgusting.”

ughed.

at brightened with amusement

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I rolled my eyes and reached for her suitcase.

“A you hungry?”

“Starving.”

“Good. I drove. Let’s eat.”

Her smile widened.

Immediately, my wolf became suspicious.

Something about that expression was dangerous.

Davina slipped her arm through mine.

Skipping dinner?”

“Dev.”

No problem.”

“Davina.”

“We’re going somewhere else to eat.”

I stopped walking.

She stopped too.

“Trust me.”

I narrowed my eyes.

“That sentence has never ended well.”

She laughed.

“Today, I’m taking you somewhere you’ve never seen before.”

An hour later, I realized I should have trusted my instincts.

Absolutely nothing good had ever followed the words trust me when Davina Virel was involved.

The place was called Timescape.

The moment we stepped inside, music hit me hard enough to make my wolf pull back.

Colored lights moved across the room.

Bodies crowded the dance floor.

The scent of alcohol mixed with perfume, sweat, and enough wolf pheromones to make the air feel heavy.

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I followed Davina toward a private booth.

Mwolf remained alert.

Too many unfamiliar wolves.

Too many scents.

Too much noise.

Davina, meanwhile, looked delighted.

“What exactly is this place?”

ing center.”

at her.

stared back.

either of us blinked.

Then she burst into laughter.

“Fine. It’s a bar.”

“I noticed.”

What I hadn’t noticed u

group of male wolves standing a few meters away.

Several of them.

All attractive.

All apparen

Or some

My su

S

pened.

Mouldered, their wolves carrying the confidence of dominant bloodlines. Others uieter.

looked carefully put together.

them dramatically.

vard her.

nk?”

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My wolf flattened her ears.

What kind of question is that?”

“Do you like any of thern?”

I stared at her.

Then at the wolves.

Then back at her.

“Dev.”

“What?”

id you bring me here to look at men?”

celebrate your freed

By throwing wolves

“Not throwing”

She corrected

“Introducing

I rubbed

For mo

Even

hy attention had belonged to Harold.

mitting it.

rl have known better.

g in a bar while Davina selected male wolves for me like she was choosing furniture was miliar.

e too much?”

dismissively.

oward the lineup..

ry impressive sets of abs were visible.

way.

rticularly”

looked offended.

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Fals

“Not into abs?”

“Apparently not.”

She stared at me as though I had confessed to a serious medical condition.

“Fine.”

Her eyes moved across the group.

“How about that twenty-year-old?”

She pointed.

I followed her finger.

The wolf standing on the far right looked different from the others.

Leaner.

Younger.

His wolf ener

He had dar

terrified l

yes, and the kind of nervous posture that suggested Davina’s attention had already

I point

Ok

D

ened.

Fonds, she simply stared at me.

ked toward him.

at me.

ly, that had not been the answer she expected.

napped her fingers.

stay.

hen she pointed at the young wolf.

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“You as well.”

Mywolf stared at me.

Mine.

A few minutes later, the young man was sitting beside me.

He looked nervous.

Very nervous.

His wolf was practically attempting to disappear.

“My Lady,” he said quietly, reaching toward the bottle on the table. “Let me pour you a drink.”

His voice warm.

Young

Too

shirt.

ddenly, without warning, my mind went backward.

i school.

rold.

de used to dress like that.

Black shirts.

Dark jeans.

Simple clothes that somehow made every young she-wolf around him lose their minds.

I had never openly joined them.

At least, I liked pretending I hadn’t.

Still, even then, I had known Harold was attractive.

Then college came.

His body changed.

Finishew

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His shoulders broadened.

wolf became stronger.

He became quieter.

Harder to approach.

“My Lady?”

The

young wolf’s voice pulled me back.

I blinked.

He was watching me nervously.

“How old you?”

“I just

Ninc

ineteen.”

ineteen, I had still been hopelessly chasing Harold.

wered his eyes.

ou like another bottle?”

ted.

cheapest one is fine.”

ears reddened.

y Lady, I still haven’t finished my task for today.”

stared at him.

Then laughed.

My wolf relaxed slightly.

He was probably more afraid of Davina than he was interested in me.

Before I could answer, a hand suddenly appeared behind him.

Long fingers closed around the back of his black shirt.

Everything happened quickly.

The nineteen-year-old yelped.

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Then he disappeared.

demoment he was sitting beside me.

The next, he was being lifted straight out of the booth and placed several feet away.

My wolf froze.

So did I.

A heavy Alpha scent rolled through the area.

The wolves closest to us immediately went quiet.

Not because anyone had said anything.

The

eed to.

e work.

iffened.

ng wolf looked up at whoever

him.

without hesitation, took sever

ard.

y smart.

lowly, I lifted my head.

A tall figure stood besid

His posture was rel

His face reveale

But his wolf

His wolf w

could

his face.

rounding him.

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My stomach dropped.

wolf went completely silent.

Because standing beside my booth, with the entire bar suddenly pretending not to watch, was Alpha Damian Virel.

And judging from the way his eyes shifted from me to the nineteen-year-old wolf Davina had placed beside

me-

I had made a very public mistake.

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