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Chapter 7

Autor: Blue Eyes
last update Fecha de publicación: 2025-12-18 21:28:51

Emma POV

I'd never seen Dylan look at me like that before. Well, that wasn't exactly true. He'd looked at me with hatred plenty of times, with disgust and contempt and barely concealed loathing. But this was different. This was rage mixed with something else, something darker that made my blood run cold.

I climbed out of the car as quickly as my aching body would allow, which wasn't very quick at all. Every movement hurt. My ribs protested, my face throbbed, my legs felt weak and unstable.

Dyla
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