hapter 756


    Third Person’s POV


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    In any other battle or political game, Lance would’ve bet on Adide to grit her teeth and power through. She was a tough Gamma, after all.


    But this negotiation was different. It was dragging the Frostfang massacre back into the light–a raw, bloody scar she couldn’t stand to touch. In the days toe, every step she took was going to feel like walking barefoot on broken ss.


    With his sharp Alpha hearing, Lance caught the familiar sound ofbat boots in the hallway. He instantly wiped the grim look off his face and stood up to meet her at the door, a warm smile spreading across his handsome face. “Settled in already?”


    Adide pulled off her cap, which was still cold from the night air, and gave a tired “Mhm.”


    “Lisa was exhausted from the trip. I told her to get cleaned up and head to bed early.”


    Her gaze drifted over Lance’s shoulder,nding on the gifts scattered across the table. Every box was wrapped perfectly in velvet or dark wood with iron trim. The two massive crates still had parchment tags dangling from them, clearlybeling who they were


    from.


    Her eyes flickered to four carved walnut boxes on the coffee table. The tag read his uncle.


    The sight hit her like a hot iron. She jerked her gaze away, her face going pale.


    ‘Want to open them?” Lance asked softly.


    ‘Not now.” Adide took a sharp breath, trying to push down the lump in her throat. She turned and called toward the door, ‘Beata, find a separate room for these. Keep them together.”


    Beata walked in and hesitated when she heard the order. “Are you… sure you don’t want to see them?”


    Back in the day, if anything came from the border–even a dried leaf tucked into a letter–Adide would’ve torn into it like a kid with candy. But <i>now</i><i>, </i>she wouldn’t even touch them.


    Not now. Just move them.” Adide’s voice was cold, with a tiny, nearly invisible tremor at the end.


    Beata didn’t argue. She called in a few strong guards to haul the crates away. Since the gifts weren’t being unpacked, she couldn’t og them into the inventory properly, <i>so </i>she just found a quiet corner in the storehouse to tuck away all that heavy history.


    Lance didn’t push the subject. He had some omegas prep the bath and personallyid out a soft ck silk robe on the rack. While Adide was in the shower, he lit some calming incense by the firece in the bedroom.


    After stashing the gifts, Beata slipped into the bathroom to help out. As an omega whose family had served the Doyles for generations, she knew exactly what Adide was going through. They shared the same blood debt–Beata’s parents and siblings had been ughtered in that same massacre.


    Beata hadn’t been sleeping either; the grief felt like a dull knife twisting in her gut. Ivy had told her to take it easy and stay away rom Adide for a bit to clear her head, but Beata couldn’t sit still. If she stopped moving, the horrific images from the packnds would flood her mind and drive her crazy.


    Adide looked up through the steam of the bath as Beata walked in with a thick towel. “Beata,” she said quietly


    11:37 am P


    “I’m here, Gamma.”


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    Adide noticed the dark circles under Beata’s eyes. Realizing the girl was probably having the same nightmares, her voice softened. “I’m heading to the Pce first thing tomorrow, then I’ve got military business. Tomorrow morning, I want you to go with Paisley to the Academy and pick up Cedric.”


    “I’m on it!” At the mention of Cedric, a spark of life finally returned to Beata’s dull eyes.


    “Things are about to get real messy,” Adide said seriously “The storm ising. You need to get some sleep and stay sharp. We’re walking on thin ice right now, and we can’t afford any mistakes.”


    “I understand.” Beata nodded firmly. Keeping busy was the best medicine she had. She just wanted to be near Adide; as long as she could see her standing tall, she felt okay.


    “Go get some rest. It’s an early start.”


    Beata bowed and left. A few minutester, Adide walked out in her robe and buried her face in the crook of Lance’s neck, greedily breathing in his Alpha scent. It worked like a charm, calming her wolf instantly.


    “I heard you were at the interrogation rooms today,” she mumbled, her voice thick.


    “Yeah.” Lance wrapped his strong arms around her waist, rubbing her back in a soothing rhythm, like he was calming a wild animal. “They’re running Velda through the night. I read thetest transcripts, but she’s just circling the same old story. They’re using truth serum on her tonight to see if they can break her.”


    “Has she spilled everything yet?”


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