ANMELDENJasmine'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
Iris’s POVLater that evening, I was still moody in my room. My brain wouldn’t stop circling around the same scary image of Lucas’s cold, sharp eyes drilling into me while I stumbled around the training grounds like an idiot.I was trying to distract myself with Evie's colouring book.“Iris!”The do
“I will. Soon.” Chloe snarled. “Everyone here knows it. And when I do, people like her will be put in their place. But right now, I need to teach her a lesson.”“Try it,” Jasmine snapped, stepping closer with a sharp glare. “I dare you. Right here. Right now. See what happens.”Chloe faltered. She g
I stared at her, already regretting asking. “What?”“Lucas floored him. With one hit. Bam. He was out cold, right in front of everyone.” She clapped her hands dramatically. “Marcus never talked back again. To anyone.”Asher smirked faintly. “That’s true. I was there.”I blinked rapidly, my mouth sud
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







