Chapter 207

Elodie’s POV

The silence of the Vance Estate was never truly silent. Even at three in the morning, the walls seemed to hum with the low-frequency energy of the pack.

But tonight, that hum felt jagged, electric and wrong.

Kiernan was upstairs, finally asleep in his own bed after hours of stubborn arguments with the doctors and a grueling car ride home.

The neck brace made him look fragile, a word