The Messenger( Iva) novel Chapter 30

Enough for Each Other-1

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The moment the car started moving, the tension that had been strangling Iva’s chest loosened just a little, enough for her to breathe again, though the air still felt thick and heavy in her lungs. Her heart was still racing, her hands cold despite the warmth of the afternoon sun filtering through the windshield.

Rana glanced at her from the driver’s seat, her brow furrowing.

“Are you okay?” her mother asked softly. “You look pale.”

Iva swallowed, her throat tight. “I… I don’t feel very well. I’m dizzy. My head hurts.”

It was not a lie, not really. Her body felt off balance, her emotions twisted into knots she could not untangle. Plus the strong hits that she received earlier in the library from Mark.

Rana hummed a low, thoughtful sound, her fingers tightening slightly around the steering wheel. She slowed the car for a moment, then glanced in the rearview mirror, her eyes lingering on the direction where Mark had disappeared.

Her jaw tightened.

After a few seconds of silence, she spoke again, her voice gentle but weighted with something deeper.

“You know you can tell me anything, Iva. Anything at all.” She reached out briefly, resting her hand over Iva’s trembling one. “You are my pup. I love you to pieces. There is nothing you could do that would change that.”

Iva nodded, her eyes stinging, her chest aching at the warmth in those words.

But she stayed silent.

The truth pressed against her ribs, desperate to be let out, yet fear held it back. Fear of being doubted. Fear of making things worse. Fear of tearing the last fragile thread holding her family together. Plus, she never wanted to push her mother chose between her and her father, so…

The car rolled forward again, the sound of tires against asphalt filling the space between them.

Then Rana spoke once more.

“Mark was… quite intense earlier,” she said slowly, choosing her words with care. “Was he the one?”

Iva froze.

Her breath caught painfully in her chest. “The one?” she repeated, confused, her heart beginning to pound again.

Rana’s eyes flickered to her, then back to the road. “The one from the forest,” she clarified quietly.

A wave of nausea surged through Iva so strongly she had to grip the edge of the seat. Only the suggestion made her sick.

She turned toward her mother, panic and desperation flooding her face.

“Mom… please believe me,” she said, her voice shaking. “There was no one in the forest. No one. Nick is

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lying. He’s covering his own sins. He always has

Rana said nothing.

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She studied Iva from the corner of her eye, her expression torn, conflicted, as if two truths were warring inside her. Iva had never lied to her. Not once. Not about scraped knees, not about broken rules, not about the small rebellions of growing up.

And yet… since the shift, everything had gone wrong. Plus, what reason Nick would have to do something like this?

Iva had closed herself off, retreating into silence and shadows. Rhys’had changed too, hardened into someone Rana barely recognized, his words sharp, his actions cruel, his loyalty bent entirely toward the Alpha’s will.

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