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Ethan's POV
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This should not be happening.
I stood in the shadows of my own room by the window, hidden from view, my eyes fixed on Ava and Ryder as they approached the pack house. A sudden and inadvertent surge of fury coursed through me, threatening to consume my thoughts. Seeing her walking beside him ignited a blazing jealousy within me, intensifying the darkness that already lurked within my soul.
My jaw clenched, and my gaze narrowed as I watched their interaction. Ryder's presence, his proximity to Ava, stirred a storm of possessiveness within me. She was meant to be mine, and I had made that very clear to him from the moment she came to this pack. How dare he encroach upon what was rightfully mine?
A cold sneer curled at the corner of my lips, and my wolf growled mena
