LOGINAria's POVI tried to sleep, but I couldn't. The moment I closed my eyes, Trenton's words and his expression, which was filled with disgust and disdain, would flash through my mind again. I kept rolling from one side of the bed to the other, restless and regretting all the choices I had ever made over and over again... until I couldn't take it anymore.I stood and walked quietly so as not to wake my light-sleeping roommate and another friend—Laila. But I wasn't as close to her as I was to Maya.I made my way toward my reading table and lowered myself onto the chair. I sighed, pressing a hand to my face before opening my laptop.Once I logged into one of the online novel-reading apps where I published my erotica books, notifications began to beep. They were comments from my readers. Over a hundred of them, which I had expected because I hadn't uploaded anything in the past three days since everything started.I began reading them one after the other. Christine_Atelier: When will you u
Aria's POVTrenton pulled me back behind him and his fist connected with Ryker's nose.Ryker tried to lunge at him, but Lucien quickly stepped between them, holding him back. He yanked himself away from Lucien and paced around furiously.“What the heck?” Ryker cursed out angrily, his eyes blazing as he gripped his broken nose, blood spilling through his fingers. “How dare you hit me, Trenton?”The music died instantly and the people on the stage pulled back from one another, staring at the scene with wide eyes. Some were whispering behind cupped lips, while others were already holding up their phones to record the scene.“I will hit you over and over again, you demented bastard!” Trenton growled, pointing a warning finger at him. “You don't touch a girl without her consent. Are you so stupid that you don't know basic manners?”Ryker's jaw tightened. “But she started straddling me first!” he protested. “So, she doesn't mind me touching her, does she, Aria?”I couldn't respond. I just p
Aria's POVOne minute, he looked completely smitten by me, and the next, his eyes had turned so dark that he was barely recognizable.I parted my lips to speak.“Trenton...” My voice was barely audible.But he walked right past me.Like he never knew me.Like he never saw me.Like I was just a stranger, another girl who swooned over him...My chest cracked with pain, tears burning my eyes as I heard him exchanging pleasantries with his teammates.How did we even get here?The way he used to stare at me like I was his entire world, the way he used to try so hard to talk to me, the way he would always tell me to dress better because I was always cold... all of that was gone.I still couldn't believe it.I stood there for a while, not knowing whether I should leave or stay.Eventually, I turned back and walked toward the table.I refused to be pushed aside like I didn't matter.I would chase him to the end of the world if I had to.I don't know whether it was the alcohol or the pain mess
Trenton’s POVI stood by the window of my dorm room, replaying the scene of everything that happened yesterday over and over again... how hard Aria pleaded, how desperate she was to know what had happened between us exactly, and the way she wouldn't accept my rejection.Every feeling she displayed—her sadness, her pain, her anger when I spoke those heart-wrenching words to her... they all tugged at me in ways that I did not expect. In ways I did not understand.When I pushed her away and she stumbled to the floor, Monster growled painfully, and even my chest clenched tightly as though I had made the worst mistake of my entire life, as though I had hurt her when I wasn't supposed to. I had barely held myself back from reaching out and helping her to her feet.Throughout the day, I had tried to justify my actions. I convinced myself that she deserved it for someone who had been planning to kill me. I convinced myself that the rejection was necessary, that the Goddess must have wanted it
Aria's POVRed neon lights pulsed through the clubhouse, Nocturne Haven, where the celebration party for yesterday's match was taking place like a heartbeat. The sound of loud music echoed through the air, threatening to rip my eardrums apart. The hockey guys and the cheerleading ladies, dressed in their finest attire, many of whom were in relationships with each other, straddled one another and moved energetically to the music. Meanwhile, strippers dressed in fishnet dresses straddled the thighs of some men and twisted gracefully around the long poles. The sounds of laughter and clinking glasses echoed throughout the room. The scent of alcohol, cigars, expensive cologne, and different wolf scents wafted into my nostrils.My eyes darted around the room as I tried to look for the twins, but neither of them was anywhere to be found.The golden sandal heels I had on threatened to slip beneath me because I wasn't used to wearing heels. This was only the second time I was wearing heels in
Aria's POV“I know I have disappointed you… I'm so sorry.” My voice trembled with genuine sadness. “Please forgive me, Tristan.” My hand reached out to touch him, but he took a step back from me as though I were a curse to be avoided at all costs.Tristan's face twisted with anger, disgust, and disdain. “You bitch… thank the Goddess you know that you disappointed me. I gave you just a simple task... a simple task,” his voice dropped into a low whisper, “poison my brother. But you messed it up. Now, he not only won, but he also qualified for the championship. And now everyone won't stop talking about him as if he has done something noble. The last time I checked... he wasn't the first person to qualify for the championship, was he?” Jealousy and venom laced every word.I secretly rolled my eyes at his words.Oh... he wasn't the first to qualify for the championship, but you couldn't do it and almost resorted to killing your brother just to steal his spotlight.“I'm sorry, Tristan. Ever







