LOGINMy entire body went still.“That day at Brittany’s party,” he continued, turning toward me. His eyes were empty. “I drugged your fucking drink, Amber. It was me. I slipped heat inducers into it so you would go into heat and I could be the one to claim you.”My breath hitched violently, a choked soun
Amber My throat tightened, and my eyes burned with the tears I had been trying so hard to keep down. They welled up anyway, blurring Erlan’s face into a smear of colors and false tenderness when he finally pulled away.“I’m not yours,” I whispered, voice splintering. “I was never yours, so why don’
His jaw clenched, but he tried, ridiculous as it was, to defend himself. “What happened at lunch was a mistake,” he insisted. “A lapse in judgment. But don’t—don’t you dare question my love for you. I love you more than anyone in this world ever could.”“Bullshit.”He flinched like I’d slapped him.
Amber I woke up feeling weak. So weak that even lifting my eyelids felt like dragging stones across sandpaper. My limbs felt heavy in the way metal feels before it cools, like molten lead in my veins instead of blood. A dull ache pulsed through every joint and muscle, as if I’d been trampled by a
Reed She shook her head sadly.“Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancers we know,” she explained. “It’s often called the ‘silent killer’ because symptoms rarely appear until it’s very advanced. If you’d come in much earlier, even for a routine checkup, we might have detected it in time t
ReedI couldn’t get Amber’s damn words out of my head.Her voice kept replaying long after she’d left the room. “Are you sick?” “You look different.”I’d scoffed at her earlier, thrown her concern back in her face like acid and yet the irritation wouldn’t leave me. Like her stupid comment had burrow







