LOGINThat was what woke up in her childhood bedroom. Not the meek little shadow who used to follow my every move, but someone who had been forged in a life where I helped break her.But there was one thing I couldn’t stop thinking about.Could I have done it?I made myself ask the question honestly, beca
Dominic’s POVThe cold hit the side of my face the moment I stepped out of the clinic, and for once, I was glad for it.I walked without picking a direction. I made my way down the narrow street, past the shuttered shops with their windows dark, my loafers sliding on the icy ground. Ellie had been r
Ellie’s POV“Reborn.”Dominic repeated the word slowly, like he was tasting it on the tip of his tongue. I saw his lips tug upwards as if he thought I was teasing him or joking.I wasn’t. I held his gaze, keeping mine firm and steady, and slowly, his smile faded.“Like… the Lycan princess?” he asked
Ellie’s POVThe words hung in the air between us, and I immediately wished I could snatch them back.I don’t want you to leave.Like I was some kind of lovesick teenager, begging him to stay even though our divorce papers had still barely cooled off the printing press.Dominic froze near the door. T
Ellie’s POVThe ruins looked even more grand close up.The pillars were far larger than I expected them to be; from afar, they looked big, but up close, they were enormous. Two of us couldn’t even reach around them and have our hands touch, and they were carved with intricate reliefs that had worn d
Because we’d already been through this before. We knew how it ended. But this time, he wasn’t going to stand in the way of what I wanted, even if it hurt, and…I appreciated that.“Thank you,” I said.He nodded. I hadn’t realized it, but we’d scooched a little closer as we spoke, and the motion made
She smiled. We hadn’t really talked much, so I couldn’t figure out that tight, sugary little smile that made me want to throw salt at her like she was a demon in disguise.“Morning, Ellie,” she cooed. “Thought you should see this.”I looked down.A form. An official one.Conduct Warning — Indecent B
Dominic POV I saw her run.One second I could barely see Ellie through the crowd as my lips left Vivian’s neck. She was just standing there—furious, shaking—and the next she was gone, shoving through the crowd like the lawn was on fire beneath her feet.My chest tightened.Dammit.I didn’t think. I
He leaned in.My blood went cold.He bared his teeth, sharp and white, and sank them into the side of her neck.The crowd exploded.Cheering. Whistling. A few people actually clapped.Vivian gasped and clutched his arm, playing it up for the audience, then giggled breathlessly as he pulled back, her
Ellie POV I had officially hit the point where words stopped being words and turned into worms.They squiggled across my notes, rearranged themselves into nonsense, and mocked me.I sat cross-legged on the academy lawn, surrounded by open textbooks, loose pages, ink-stained fingers, and the creepin







