LOGINEveI wanted to hear it. God help me, I did. Some stupid, reckless part of me needed to know why he kept showing up, why he couldn’t just leave me alone.But my body was betraying me in the worst way. The second he’d pulled me against him, my skin had lit up like fireworks. My heart was still racing, my stomach twisting in knots that had nothing to do with fear. And I wasn’t even in heat. This was just… him.I couldn’t stand here another second.“Don’t bother,” I said, shaking my head. I kept my back to him, refusing to turn around. “I don’t want to hear it anymore.”I started walking toward my car, steps quick and deliberate, the cold air burning my lungs.His hand caught mine from behind—warm, firm, stopping me dead.My eyes flew wide. I spun to face him, but the moment I met his gaze, something sharp and unfamiliar twisted low in my belly. I dropped my eyes to our joined hands instead, heat rushing to my cheeks.“Let me go,” I said, voice low and shaky, “or I’ll fucking scream.”He
EveI felt like I’d been wrung out and left to dry.One pint. That’s all they took. One single pint for Margot’s treatment, and yet my legs shook as I walked out of the hospital donation center. My skin was clammy, vision swimming at the edges, and the world too bright and too loud. I had to stop twice just to lean against the wall and breathe.Aunt Clarissa and Margot hadn’t even waited for me to finish. They’d breezed in, Clarissa barking orders at the nurse, Margot scrolling on her phone like I was furniture. When I came out, pale and unsteady, I’d joked weakly, “A simple thank you would do.”Clarissa had looked at me over her glasses. “You’re not doing this for free, Eve. Don’t pretend otherwise.”As if the money made up for the fact that no one in that room actually cared if I felt like fainting afterward.I still had the prescription the doctor had given me for pain and iron supplements, so I drove to the nearest pharmacy. At least this one hadn’t been totaled.I parked under th
SageI stood in the hospital parking lot long after the taxi disappeared around the corner. The cold bit at my knuckles, but I didn’t feel it. All I felt was the echo of her voice cracking when she barked at me, tears streaming down her face.I’d finally pushed her too far.My phone buzzed in my pocket—pack business, probably—but I ignored it. I just stared at the empty road where the cab had gone, replaying the moment she’d yanked her hand out of mine in the hospital bed. The way she’d looked at me when she realized I was the reason she almost died last night.Disgust. Fear. Hate.All earned.I climbed into the Rover, slammed the door hard enough to rattle the frame, and sat there with the engine off. The silence was loud.Alex was on my kill list, but even that felt distant right now. Because the truth—the one I’d never said out loud—was clawing its way up my throat.I didn’t just want to own her.I didn’t just want to win.I wanted her safe, happy and whole. Who am I even kidding?
EveThe discharge papers were signed before the sun was fully up. My head still throbbed faintly, and the bandage on my forehead itched under the sterile strip, but the doctors said I was clear: mild concussion, bruises, nothing that required staying longer. I changed into the clothes Sage had gotten for me that morning and walked out of that room with my spine straight, even though everything inside me felt bruised.Sage was waiting in the hallway, of course. Leaning against the wall, arms crossed, looking like he hadn’t slept at all. When he saw me, he pushed off and stepped forward.“I’ll drive you home.”“No.” The word came out flat and final.“Eve—”“I said no.” My voice cracked on the second word. I felt the tears rising hot and fast, and I hated them. Hated that he got to see them. “I can drive myself. I don’t need you.”His jaw tightened. “Your car’s totaled. I had it towed. I’ll take you.”I laughed, short and bitter, tears spilling over despite my blinking. “Of course you di
EveI woke up slowly, head pounding like someone had taken a hammer to it. Everything felt heavy: my eyelids, my limbs, and the fog in my brain. For a split second, I thought I was dead. The crash, the cliff, the blinding headlights. It all rushed back in a wave, and I gasped, bolting upright, or trying to. Pain shot through my ribs, forcing me back against the pillows.Hospital. Antiseptic smell, beeping monitors, IV line tugging at my arm.And him… Sage was slumped in the chair beside the bed, head tipped forward, eyes closed in uneasy sleep. His hand was wrapped around mine, fingers interlaced like he’d been holding on for hours.I yanked my hand free.The sudden movement jolted him awake. He straightened instantly, eyes snapping open, gold flickering at the edges before settling back to dark brown.“Where am I?” I croaked, turning my face away. My throat felt raw.“Hospital,” he said, voice rough from sleep or anger; I couldn’t tell. “You nearly lost your life.”I scoffed weakly,
SageIt said:Right now, the lady seems to be driving so fast, just as the guy I sent said. She’s speeding, and it’s reckless. He’s behind her as we speak, and she’s been going straight, seemingly heading to the end of the road where a cliff is.My chest squeezed so violently I almost dropped the phone.Cliff?! The fuck.“No,” I breathed.I didn’t think. I didn’t pause.I threw on my coat as I sprinted down the hall, keys already in hand. The front door slammed behind me; I vaulted into the Rover, engine snarling awake before my door even shut.I smashed the voice message button. “Send me her location right fucking now!”Alex’s reply was instant—a pinned drop in the middle of nowhere, County Road 17, the old scenic overlook with the rusted guardrail and the three-hundred-foot drop.I floored it.Tires screamed on asphalt as I shot down the private drive, gates flying open. Out on the open road I pushed past 140, wind howling through the cracked window. No cop would dare flag the Alpha




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