He Scorned My Love Now He Watches My Rise Chapter 30
A year later, the Cedar Pass section of the line officially opened.
The company promoted me to Head of Cross-Territory Transport Operations.
My new office was not in Nightfall territory or Crimson Sand territory.
It stood in an independent zone where the three routes met, and my work permit no longer depended on any pack’s mate registration.
The director handed me the appointment letter.
“Still up for overseas assignments?”
“Yes.”
“This one might last longer than three years.”
I smiled.
“Then longer it is.”
As my mother helped me pack, she found an old ribbon buried deep in a drawer.
It was the same kind that had once been tied around the watch box.
“Keep it?”
I looked at it.
“No.”
She tossed it into the trash without asking why.
On the day I left, I passed through Gray Harbor International Airport again.
The same sunlight fell across the terminal, the air still just right.
But this time, no one waited by the entrance for me to look back, and no group chat was placing bets on how long I could hold out.
A coworker pushed a crate of materials ahead of me.
“Siobhan, hurry up. They’re boarding.”
“Coming.”
I pulled my suitcase along and headed for the gate.
My wolf lay quiet in my chest.
She no longer chased anyone’s cedar scent, and she needed no mark from anyone to prove where she belonged.
Gray Harbor, Red Sand, and Cedar Pass all slowly receded beyond the glass.
They were all places I had passed through, but none of them got to decide whether I stayed or left.
Three years ago, I boarded a plane to escape a relationship built on humiliation.
Now I was leaving again for one reason only:
There was a road ahead I wanted to take.
This time, my life belonged only to me.
The End