nor

the taxi window. They offered no warmth, just a cold, glitter

ted violently against the leather seat.

mpbell. M

ddering breath and

do at the airport?" His voice was

o? You should be asking your precious daughter a

the Charles family. You've embarrassed us!" He wasn't conce

sed, sank like a stone

p and piercing. "All for your pathetic jealousy! Y

s, filled my ear. "Sister, I know you're mad at us, but how could y

performance was so stagger

d a thin veneer of placation. "Elinor, let's just t

e dangerously quiet. "Do you need me to desc

her end. A thick,

ar exploded through

g you to come home right now!

k's Alpha. I felt the pressure of it, a psychic weight pressing

d Kayla are in love. Since you can't seem to accept that, for the g

hysical slap. My cheek bu

ted, my voice a

d, his tone cold and final as a death sentence. "Si

ment wasn't just cancelled. It was being transfer

thing could be stripped away from me and h

excused, and I had been punished. All the times her med

ter. I was just... the o

entment, of quiet suffering and swa

word, spoken into the pho

nd powered the pho

ignored him, staring out the window. The reflection that looked bac

o go to. No fam

erly and compl

of it threatened to swallow me wh

from the ashes of my despair.

t let them