ne's
as tears streamed down my cheeks. My heart pounded against my ribca
ayal. I reached out for him, praying that just one touch could melt
us. "You're disgusting. You think you can lie your way out of
ed. I would never do that to you. Please, just believe me. The baby growing inside me...
anything from that night? Do you know what it felt like, Selene, walking in and findin
ach. "It wasn't like that. I don't k
shards of broken glass. "I'm
aby, Kael. Please don't punish our child for something I didn't do. I
gh burned. "I don't want anything to
The ache in my chest deepened, turning sharp as h
nt Blood Pack, hereby reject you, Sele
that once wrapped our souls in fire and tenderness-shattered with those words. The rejection pulse
't do this. Plea
s pack. Leave. If you're still here when I return, I
I choked. "Do you not care about me at all? Do you
ent, something flickered in his eyes-pain, hesitation, m
Don't ever call that child mine again. You're not
that, he
like a crushing weight. This wasn't just heartbreak. It was the death of everything I'd
raced back t
t to Corvin. His arms were still tangled in the blankets, his breathing soft and even, as though nothing had
e. No memory of what happened. Ju
ad chosen me when others scorned me, when the entire pack questioned why
I th
soaked the hem of my dress. The pain clawed at my insides-grief, confus
ost eve
yond these walls, something far more sinist
e shadows of the eastern watchtower. One wore a long, hooded cape that
oman murmured. Her voice w
miled faintly, her eyes glinting with triu
od before melting back into the fo
effortlessly back into her role. Her walk was light, graceful, purposeful. No one wo
f it. But now, the path was clear. Selene was broken, banish