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
“Well well well,” she said, her voice low and biting. “So you’re the famous Aria my friends told me about.”I froze. My name in her mouth felt wrong. Twisted.“You… you know me?” I asked, confused and stunned.Serena scoffed, tilting her head as if she couldn’t believe I had the audacity to ask. “Oh
Aria.Boyfriend?The word echoed in my head like a slap.I blinked, my fingers fumbling to button up my shirt again, suddenly aware of everything, my plain uniform, the worn straps of my backpack, the heat rushing to my cheeks.I couldn’t move. I couldn't think.This girl standing right in front of
The first picture caught my eye immediately. It was from the day of the Little Ravens match with the chicks, I was holding my ice cream, looking up at him while he said something I couldn’t remember now. But the moment captured in that photo… it wasn’t how I thought I looked.My green eyes were soft
But Lila was happy with her conclusion, and I had no choice but to let her believe it. I tucked the ache deeper inside, where it couldn’t reach her, and plastered on my smile.“Yeah,” I said lightly, though it tasted bitter in my mouth. “Definitely not him.”Lila sighed, looking at me sadly, tucking







