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CHAPTER 511
~Ella's POV~
Aira continued gently, "I just thought you should know. Not because you need to drop everything, but because you'd want to hear it from me."
I exhaled slowly as the tension leaked from my shoulders. "And you're sure she left willingly?"
"No," Aira said without hesitation. "And that's the problem."
I sat down, my fingers drumming restlessly against the wood. "Still. I should come back."
"She wouldn't want that," Aira repeated. "She'd want you to do exactly what you're doing—help Richard get the Lycans to fully back the alliance. She was counting on that. And also grow your relationship. Just like the rest of us, you deserve that too."
"And so does Zara, but it seems like she isn't even catching a single break. Zara needs loving."
"And she will get it once we find her and bring her back."
I closed my eyes briefly.
Of course, she was counting on me for so many things. But knowing Zara, she would want me to put myself first.
