rld spun. My veins were still on fire from whatever Lucian had tri
ing in front of it before it could drive
ed, barely looking inside. My head was pounding, my heart racing.
onse, I turned towar
fr
na
y heart dropped into my stomach, th
started, then flinched wh
kind of mate can't e
ike I was nothing more than a b
I snapped, jabbing a finger at the spot just beneath my col
y it. Of cour
g molten. "You rejected me, Ronan. Remember that? You left me to ro
ut there was no sm
"Which makes it all the more pathetic that
eath
smell it on you. Every time. A rogue who can't even
and cruel. I stiffened, every muscle locking in place. F
t give him th
"Thank you," I said, voice eerily calm. "If that's trul
narrowed,
ntinued, the pain in my chest coiled tight, caged. "I don't need yo
nish into the night. The look on his face was almost worth it-th
s would make me cry ag
shut behind me. Ronan didn't stop me. He just drove off l
up the steps to my house. But the
e-standing with his back
That domineering stillness. That aura of
" I said
him. Still tall. Still dressed lik
you to come h
y the audacity. Then I let
hed me from after Mom died? The one you filled
tened, but I
my voice rising. "To work myself bloody just to stay one step ahead of ruin? You didn't call
mmoned you," he said calmly, "
ood b
father, none of tha
cked
asked quietly. "What i
ll destroy everything you'
d in a
dded. "It's in your blood, Selie
g anyone's Luna," I said. "
to walk
voice cut
want to mak
top
y," he said. "But the bond s
ched m
could break him." He leaned in, whispering: "Imagine it. Him
he said, softer now. "And you won't
t turn
't walk aw