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Chapter 3

Penulis: Anna
The rain had just tapered off, leaving the road a slick, treacherous slurry of wet dirt. I hit the muddy ground hard, my fingers clawing for traction, only to slide back down again and again.

Carter didn't move. He sat in the idling SUV, watching my struggle through the window with a face like stone.

"See that, Selene?" he called out, his voice dripping with disdain. "Without me, you can't even pull yourself out of the gutter. Go ahead—break the bond and walk away. Tell me, where does an unprotected Omega go in a world like this?"

He didn't wait for an answer. The door slammed, the engine roared, and the SUV tore away, spraying a fresh coat of mud across my face.

As the darkness swallowed the road, my mind fractured, spiraling back through every memory I had of him. After Jake, I had been a ghost. I tried to bleed the pain out of my wrists, and every time I did, Carter would find me—slashing two deeper lines into his own chest to match mine. When I couldn't sleep, he tore the roof off the Packhouse and installed a skylight so he could hold me and count the stars until dawn. When I stopped eating, he starved himself alongside me.

For a year, he built me back up piece by piece. On the day he asked to be my mate, he knelt in the grass and swore to the Moon he would never betray me.

And I had been stupid enough to believe him.

I wiped the grit from my eyes and dragged myself upright using a streetlamp. I was a disaster. Passing Betas whispered as I flagged down a car. The driver took one look at me and demanded payment upfront plus a cleaning fee. I agreed, but when I tried to swipe my card, the terminal blinked red.

Frozen. Carter had locked me out of every cent.

The driver kicked me out back into the stinging rain. I walked until my legs went numb, finally reaching the estate I shared with Carter. I pushed the door open, but my mind went blank at the sight.

Heels and dress shoes were strewn across the foyer. A lace bra was tangled with Carter’s black dress shirt on the rug. And there, against the floor-to-ceiling window, Carter’s massive frame was pressed against Chloe’s.

The nightmare from five years ago overlapped with the reality in front of me. A jagged, broken sound tore out of my throat. Carter looked over, his muscles coiling with a dark, satisfied energy.

"What are you screaming for?" he drawled. "It’s not like this is your first time seeing this."

Chloe let out a low, melodic laugh from beneath him. "Long time no see, Selene. I misspoke on the phone—Carter is leagues above that useless ex of yours. He absolutely wrecked me."

A smug curve touched Carter’s mouth. "You do have good taste," he murmured to her.

He climbed off her and started toward me, every step making my tremors worse. When he reached out the same hand that had just been all over her, my stomach revolted. I doubled over and vomited right at his feet.

Carter’s frame went rigid. His voice dropped to a lethal, dangerous register.

"Selene. You think I'm disgusting?"
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