LOGINNot when I had seen it with my own eyes.Not when I knew what I saw.Riko Kenji Moretti was there that night.He stood over Noah. He didn’t deny it.So why was my father pretending otherwise?I clenched my jaw.“There’s something you’re hiding,” I muttered under my breath.And I was going to find ou
Kai.The cabin had never felt this quiet before. Not even in the years after Noah died.Back then, the silence had been heavy, grief sitting in every corner, clinging to the walls, pressing into my chest until I couldn’t breathe.Now. It felt empty.I sat at the small kitchen table, a cup of coffee
“Or do you want me to say I’m fine,” he continued, his voice rising slightly, “while he stands there mocking me? Threatening me?”Each word felt like it was being thrown at me.“I didn’t come here to—”“Then why are you here?” he snapped.I froze, because I didn’t have a good answer and everything i
“How are you doing?” I finally managed.A low chuckle escaped him and it sent a chill through me.“I’m doing well, Aria,” he said, his voice laced with sarcasm so sharp it hurt. “In fact, I’m having a field day today.”My throat tightened.“Why don’t we throw a party after? Celebrate our win.”I bit
Aria.I shouldn’t have been there, I knew that the moment I slipped past security.My heart was racing too fast, and my hands wouldn’t stop shaking, not when every instinct told me to turn around and go back to the stands, to Maya, to somewhere safe and far away from him.But I couldn’t.Not after w
“I’m looking forward to it.”My blood boiled, every part of me wanted to lunge at him. To wipe that expression off his face.To make him feel even a fraction of what I had felt for ten years.But I didn’t move.Not yet.Because something in his eyes shifted as those dark brown eyes turned colder and
And then we stepped outside again, this time onto a small football field tucked behind the main school building. The sun had begun to do casting a golden light against the grass and onto— “KAIIIIIIII” The moment we entered, a wave of tiny bodies surged at us and I frowned in confusion. Little boy
Aria. The cafeteria buzzed with noise and clicking trays, some laughter could be heard behind me and chairs scrapped across the hall. “Did you notice that Mia and Tasha didn’t speak to us at all during classes.” Lila said as we shuffled slowly through the lunch line as I was feeling pains on my sh
“Because that guy Elliot is friends with the wolves who actually humiliated us at the stray welcome and made a joke out of us.” I watched her mouth open to respond when someone came to stand in front of us. “Hey.” Elliot Kane stood in front of us, hands in his pocket, black hair tousled like h
“Good girl.” He said softly, as he smirked at me before he continued his conversation about football. I zoned out as I continued my meal, keeping my eyes down. I sat beside him like an obedient shadow. Just like he wanted.Then I felt a shift in the air. And a chill ran down my spine and I looked up







