LOGINJust emptiness.A missing place.I lay there on the floor, unable to move for a few seconds, every inch of me shaking from the force of what had just been ripped away. My chest felt hollowed out. My wolf had gone silent inside me, I could feel him curled deep and hurt and fading, as if he had retrea
**please if you can, leave a review on the homepage of this book, it helps it push to more readers, thanks 💚Kai.“I, Aria Langston, reject you, Kai Blackthorn, as my mate.”The words didn’t just reach me.They entered me and tore through me.For a single suspended second, everything in the room se
“How cruel, because the worst part…” I whispered, my voice trembling, “is that we’re mates.”The word tasted bitter and I looked at him again.At the boy I had loved. At the wolf who had broken me.“The Moon Goddess blessed me with my mate…” I said softly, tears streaming down my face, “and he turne
Aria.I couldn’t breathe. It felt like the room was closing in around me.It felt like something had wrapped around my chest and tightened with every passing second, squeezing the air out of me until all I could do was gasp. My hand flew to my chest as I stumbled back, my vision blurring, my thought
The room tilted and I could see it. The trees. The darkness. The desperation and fear in my breath as the wolf had approached me.“I watched you,” he said. “As you got closer to the border.”My legs felt weak.“And just when I thought my son would do what he always does… nothing…”He smiled and it w
Aria.I didn’t understand.The words lingered in the air, heavy and suffocating, and I found myself staring at Kai like if I just looked at him long enough, he would say something, anything, that would make it all make sense.“What’s going on, Kai?” My voice came out smaller than I intended, trembli
And then something hit my window.I jumped, gasping as my phone slipped from my fingers onto the blanket. My heart pounded in my chest as I hurried to the window and threw back the curtains. The night air pressed in against the glass, and there he was.Kai.He stood below, still in the same black su
Aria.I stood in front of the dorm, staring at the cracked pavement beneath my shoes. The black car that had brought me back was already gone, fading into the distance.My hands felt heavy at my sides, and when I finally pushed open the front door of the building, my heart sank even further.Mrs. Ho
AriaThe car rolled to a smooth stop, and before I could take a deep breath, the door opened. Serena stepped out first, her heels clicking softly against the stone driveway. She was dressed in a sleek dinner gown, the fabric hugging her perfectly like it had been made for her body alone. Her curls b
And Kai… he had not spoken to me at all since that night.It was over. Whatever we had shared, it was gone. And it was time for me to accept it.Lila’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts. “This does sound fun though. Come on, Aria. What do you think?”I shook my head. “I need to sleep. I'm exhauste







