LOGINJasmine's POVI watched Rowan pull Iris closer to him and adjust the blanket over her with one arm. Iris tipped her head back and said something that made him almost smile, and I sat on a sofa opposite them and felt something warm settle in my chest.He had found it.After everything. After Raven, a
Iris’s POVAbout twenty minutes later, Jasmine appeared in the doorway.She looked different from the last time I had properly seen her. The distant, distracted look that she had had for weeks was still there, but it was quieter now. Like she had come to some kind of decision and it had given her a
Iris’s POVRowan was silent for a moment. Then he said, "She's dead."My eyes widened slightly at that.I waited to feel something. Maybe guilt, or sadness, or at least something that would make me feel like a decent person.But what I felt was intense relief. And I didn't feel bad for it."The inju
Iris's POVThe first thing I saw was the incubator.It was beside my bed. It was close and low enough that I could see her clearly without any effort. She was small, wrapped in a pink blanket with only her face showing.My throat tightened.She was beautiful.I don't know how to fully explain what l
Iris’s POVThe darkness didn't feel empty.It felt warm, soft, and safe. There was no pain here. No fear. No yelling.Then light came.It was bright and gentle.I was standing in a room that looked familiar in a way that made my chest tighten.Evie's room.I knew it immediately. The same pink walls.
Iris’s POVRowan was standing over her, breathing heavily, still half shifted, his hands were dark with her blood. Chloe was on the floor and she was not moving. She was alive. I could hear her shallow breathing from across the room. But I almost didn’t recognise her. Her face was swollen. She was f
Jasmine was enjoying the attention. She waved to a group of men, flashing them a bright smile. They fumbled over themselves as they waved back.“You act like you’re on a fashion runway,” I muttered under my breath.“Darling,” she whispered back, still smiling, “life is a runway. You should own it. P
My chest tightened.I leaned closer to Jasmine and muttered, “Is it just me, or has the news already spread?”Jasmine snorted, shaking her hair over her shoulder. “News like that? Please. It probably spread before we even left the mall.”My stomach dropped. “Oh, great.”“Relax,” Jasmine said easily,
I squinted at him. “Really? You’re not going to say anything?”Silence.“Not even a little comment? No sarcastic jab?”More silence.I narrowed my eyes further. “You know, your unreadable face is very annoying when I’m trying to—”Laughter exploded.Rowan burst out laughing, like he had been holding
Iris’s POVI narrowed my eyes at Rowan, chewing the inside of my cheek. I still felt suspicious because something about this felt too easy.“I don’t believe you,” I muttered, crossing my arms over my chest. “This could just be a plan between you and Lucas to test me. You say I can switch instructors







