Chapter 51

• Hades’s Pov
• The hallway outside Anita’s room felt colder than usual, the soft echo of my footsteps reminding me of the silence that lingered between us. I hadn’t expected the conversation to go the way it had, and now, as I stood there, my mind raced with the implications of everything we had discussed. Her admission that she still loved her mate had hit me harder than I cared to admit. But what unsettled me most was the fact that I could tell she wasn’t being entirely honest, not even with herself.
• Before I could gather my thoughts any further, Beta Damian approached, his expression serious but tempered with a hint of unease. I could sense that he had something to say.