Where Soft Light Shines Darkness Fades From Tired Hearts by Evan Holt Crane 476

me in Los Angeles once more

Evening Dinner time at the Ironthorn Estate.

The mamion was glowing with lights, and the dining table was overflowing with a feast meant to celebrate a succesful mating

Alaina stood by the door, beaming with joy, waiting for the happy couple to return with their red

remonial scroll

However, as the sun dipped below the horizon, only Cassian’s car rolled slowly into the driveway.

asian walked into the living room without a word, shrouded in a heavy, almost suffocating chill. He sank nto a velvet armchair across from his parents, his fingertips trembling slightly.

laina immediately dropped the invitation cards she was holding and rushed over. “Was the temple rowded today? Why are you back alone? Where’s Trista?”

he leaned in, sniffing the air. “Where is the bloodline resonance? Why can’t I smell her scent on you?*

assian stared at a crystal fruit bowl on the coffee table, his voice low and raspy, like gravel. “The tremony failed.”

laina’s face transformed instantly. Her first thought was that the two of them had simply had a lovers‘ Jarrel.

le pointed at Cassian, her tone sharpening with the authority of an Alpha mother. “Did you use your ink to bully her? Tell me exactly what happened.”

othing. There was a delay on the road. We missed the sacred window of the Full Moon Festival,” Cassian d smoothly, though his eyes remained hollow.

: had run through a thousand scenarios in his head, but he never expected Trista to jilt him at the altar at : very last second,

his last life, he had owed her so much that the guilt had lived in his marrow until his wolf soul flickered

began to play out the logic: If Trista had come back with her memories, too, she wouldn’t have just run ay. With her temper, she would have torn up the marriage contract in public and thrown the Ironthorn cks in my face to settle the score right then and there.

had to be another reason. Or perhaps the Moon Goddess decided his punishment wasn’t over yet.

set down his financial reports, his eyes as sharp as a hawk’s. “You’re the one who begged for this u’re the one who insisted on that woman. Ironthorn already assigned you the largest Alpha villa new home. Cassian, the two of you better hope this doesn’t turn into a mess.”

looked up, his gaze harder than it had ever been in his previous life. “I don’t want that house. After mated, I’m taking Trista to the villa at Blue Bay.”

less of whether Trista remembered the past, he could never step foot in that Alpha villa again.

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10:08 pm

OP

Finished

In that rotted old dream, Samantha and her son had brought their nauseating scent into that house.

Trista thought it was filthy. And now, he thought it was even filthier than she did.

Anything she hated, he would never touch again.

Alaina was about to nag him into preparing for the next full moon ritual when Wynn burst into the room, gasping for air.

She pointed a finger at her brother and shouted at her parents, “Cassian must have done something monstrous! Trista is beyond furious!”

Cassian’s face darkened as he let out a low, warning snarl. “Wynn. Shut up.”

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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.