Broken Luna

awling across the territory, there were plenty of unused pr

trouble, are yo

her expression calm but distant. "No trouble. Just

d to her task, her hands moving methodically over the spines of o

ck toward the night. "I'll be staying over at Kylie's more of

softly, her voice betraying

waiting for a protest,

shoulders sag. She moved to the window, watching him cross the snowy

ter smile cu

She'd chosen every piece in this home, imagining pups running through its hal

detail felt like an echo from

her cheek, then finish

she reached for it to call Mara. Instea

swered

was sharp, breathless.

Lindsay's chest as s

ain under the pack's new

loomfield Spotted Under Bloo

ide, his arm loosely wrapped around her shoulders as she leaned into him

were no lon

were

through the phone. "Li

re, the numbness spreading

aid everything,

over the snowy yard, Lindsay felt the wolf inside he

ning wa

longer, as if weighing her words. Then he gave a short nod, turning his attention

Lindsay rep

wkward. Lindsay stood, brushing invisible

't look up.

houlders, the weariness etched in his posture. For a fleeting moment, she felt a

ght, Br

haling slowly. The house felt heavier now, like it had absorbed too many u

buzzed aga

ith a lawyer tomorrow at

ntly at the messag

'd carefully folded inside. One by one, she hung them back in the closet. She wouldn't

amp, staring at the spot where the wedding photo had once hung. He coul

The way she'd asked, quiet but steady, like a last olive

is spine. Maybe he could've sai

p just then with a

me over? I

up, grabbing his jacket. He glanced once more at t

im walk across the yard toward the house n

sed the

already left for t

in hand, her worried eyes scanning Lind

admitted, sliding in

the coffee. "You

answering. "I've never been mor

nst the cool window, watching the people on the sidewalks-couples laughing,

their own silent heartbreaks, tucked

er's office, Maria squeezed h

ded and ste

elt like she was walking toward so

t the bottom of the papers,

reaking through the cl

up, breat