it, the pause before everything breaks apart, even if I didn't want to accept it. My heart palpita

ce solid link, but I had been too naive, too trusting. And now as I was standing outside

longer comforting or warm. I dismissed it as the pressure of holding the position o

hat made my spine tingle came from behind the

it. Mia,

But I was stuck in a moment I didn't want to see, with my feet refusing

ar. As I edged nearer, gazing through the narrow gap betwee

, standing way t

n her waist, his fingers brushing over her flesh as if he had done this a thousand times b

a quiet voice that was laced with sinister undertones.

r?

emand answers. But I was halted by something. Perhaps it was Zane's lack of opposition. Perhaps it

y. However, it's finished. Nixie is not going to get it. Mia stated, "She'll never understand," wit

ligent, and unimportant. I ought to go. Turn around and forget that I ever saw them or heard this. However, the pain in my chest grew into rage. Anger

e door open. Zane and Mia both flinched as it smacked

his voice stuck in his throat. He wasn't prepared for me to be

of betrayal and wrath. I said, sounding more distant

into something more self-satisfied as if she'd received a reward.

hink that's exactly what it appears to be," I spit out, glancing

his hair, but I could see the tension there. With a gentle

ne. "Zane, you haven't only hurt me. Everything we owned

er the proper one for him. You always believed yourself to be flawless

e, but I refused to give her the joy of watching me cru

her up right now? Following e

lity. He did not dispute it. He did not defend me i

reachery bearing down on me so that my voice was

remorse hanging in the air between us like an a

ng everyone. Zane's beta, Kade, stood in the doorway, a worried look on his face. With

oice that I couldn't quite identify. "Th

and demanded, my voice breaking as I cried out for

ond a personal level. It goes beyond that. You are unaware of plans th

ut what Kade was saying,

arrange

s his expression grew

collaborating with an enemy pack, "Nixie". He has been preparing for

a sudden, my betrayal seemed insignific

orld are you t