Chapter 44

RHYS

My internal struggle chose that moment to mess me up even more. I wanted to give Rae to him, but the thought of it...

‘Because she's mine,’ the beast growled.

Those words had kept me up all night. The realisation that everything was falling back into place exactly as it had been six years ago. Last night had fucked me up.

But I couldn’t do that shit again. My racing heart and trembling body were proof of it.

‘No,’ I snarled. ‘It's because Raechel doesn't get to go off and have her happy ever after when I've suffered so much because of her. She has to fucking pay.’

‘Then give her to him,’ the beast taunted. Because he was in my head, he already knew what I thought, what I felt.

My feet became rooted to the spot even though my head told me to move. Giving her up would be the safer option. I’d get my sanity back and finally put Rae behind me. Give her to the monster that destroyed me.

‘Then tell him where she is. I dare you,’ the beast taunted again.

I would. It was the on