Masonr's POV
The moon hung high in the sky, casting a silver glow over the forest. I stared out from the balcony of my room, the cool night air doing little to calm the storm brewing inside me. The news had hit like a freight train, unexpected and utterly disorienting. Aurora—my mate, the one I had thought dead—was alive. But she wasn't coming back. She had found refuge in another pack.
My heart clenched at the thought of her being out there, somewhere beyond my reach. I had tried to convince myself that I had done the right thing by choosing Margot. She was the one I had committed to, the one I had vowed to be with. But every time I closed my eyes, I saw Aurora's face—those haunted blue eyes that had looked so lost and betrayed.
The door to my room creaked open, and Benjamin, my beta,
