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
My chest tightens. “You didn’t. But I can’t trust you.”The words surprise both of us.His form stiffens, slowly turning his head. “What did you say?”“You’ve lied,” I say. My voice shakes, and I hate that it does. “In the past. You used to use me. Treat me like crap. And I let you. Everything betwe
Ellie POV The tent smells like antiseptic and damp canvas.Lucas lowers me onto the cot with too much care. His hands hover even after I’m settled, fingers flexing as if he doesn’t know where to put them now that I’m not actively falling apart.He starts with giving me some pain herbs and meds, “I’
Ellie POV There’s a shift.One i felt since the morning.But especially now.The way the air in the cafeteria thickens the moment I step inside, like I’ve walked into a room where a fight was about to start and I was center stage.My leg aches with every step. I favor it without thinking, my limp s
Ellie POV By the time I’m dismissed for break, my hands are shaking.Not from the work.Okay, a little from the work.But also from holding everything in.I make it outside before my knees finally give, sinking down onto the cold concrete steps behind the locker rooms. The chill seeps straight thro







