Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bound By A Dare, Rejected By The Alpha: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

ROSIEI'm hurt, like, genuinely hurt, despite the fact that I'm the one who actually walked out. You'd think leaving would give me the upper hand, right? Or maybe some kind of peace? Nope. It feels like someone is stabbing several blades into my chest at once, and each twist is sharper than the last.Who knew heartbreak felt like this? And what really messes me up isn't even the walking away, it's knowing he's hiding things from me. And instead of explaining, he's been acting like some psycho straight out of a dark romance novel, obsessive, unpredictable and watching me like I'm prey. I can't hold that. I can't bear that.I don't deserve this. I mean, honestly, who does? You wake up one morning thinking your best friend of eighteen years is just... your best friend. Someone who knows your secrets, your history, the way you take your coffee. Then you find out he's a full-blown psycho who gets some twisted joy out of hurting people. Like, surprise! Your childhood safety blanket is secre

ROSIE"Shut up. What do you mean 'like you screw Alpha Dominic'?" Ella's grinning at me like I've just confessed the juiciest secret of the century.Meanwhile, I'm over here drowning in guilt, feeling like I should be stretched out on some therapist's couch spilling my sins."Lower your voice..." I hiss, glancing around. I can't decide if I should tell her this isn't something to celebrate... or that I seriously might need help.Her eyes widen, a wicked sparkle in them. "Wait, so that means you've screwed both Lockwood brothers? Those two walking, talking wet dreams?" She lets out a dramatic gasp. "Rosie... you're an innocent baddie. Goddess, even Cassie never got herself that deep in the tangle. How the hell did this happen?"I stare at her, half wishing the ground would swallow me whole.I needed help. Not a hype woman cheering me into a Hall of Shame."It just happened, and I need help... like, the kind that digs all the way down to the roots," I mutter, dropping the camera strap o

ROSIE I'm staring blankly at my ceiling. My ceiling? Wait, my ceiling??I jolt upright, heart hammering, head completely blank like someone hit delete on my memory.What. The. Actual. Fuck. Happened?I dig through my brain for something, anything, but all I get are disjointed flashes: Ashton showing up at COLORS, saying all that cryptic, messed-up stuff... the restaurant... the drink. Yeah. The fucking drink.Oh hell no.That bastard. He drugged me? Seriously? Why the hell would he-My head spins, the room swaying like it's drunker than I am. This wasn't a dream. I know it wasn't. But I can't remember leaving the restaurant. I can't remember coming home. I can't remember walking through my own damn front door.Oh, fuck.I fling the duvet off me like it's to blame, when the door to my room bursts open so hard it slams against the wall."Rosie... where the hell did you go yesterday?"Xylus storms in, eyes blazing, his voice pitch high enough to cut glass.Uh-oh. Big Brother mode has of

ROSIEIt's official. Ella is the worst bitch ever. You know, the kinda bitch that eats and dines with you while stabbing you right in the back. Or do I say she's a full-blown psychopath?Ashton's staring at me with the most shocking look ever, and Xylus... I can't even tell who the fuck he's mad at right now. His gaze darts from Ashton, then back to me.Ashton is fuming with anger, and he's about to leave. I don't need the Moon Goddess to tell me, he's going to attack Dominic."No, buddy... no one steps their fucking legs away from here!" Xylus' voice booms, a warning filled with steel.His chest rises and falls as he drags a hand through his hair, frustration spilling out in every gesture. His eyes burn into Ashton, raw and accusing."So, all this while... all this fucking bestie act you two paraded around, you were screwing my sister?" His voice cracks at the edges, disbelief twisting into rage. "And I trusted you, Ashton. I trusted you with her even more than Dominic. More than any

ROSIEImmediately Ashton storms out, I know trouble is cooking. Another headline is about to be made, and it hasn't even been a full twenty-four hours since the last one dragged my name through the mud.I take a step to run after him, but Xylus's voice slams into me like a whip."And where the hell do you think you're going? You're grounded, Rosie. Not one step out of this house!"His roar shakes the walls, his eyes blazing like wildfire."I need to stop Ashton before he kills Dominic!" I snap, panicking. "And how exactly do you plan to do that? You should've thought about that before you decided to screw both brothers! What are you now, Rosie? A slut?"His words pierce through me like knives. My face burns, shame and fury tangling inside me. The Moon Goddess knows I'm a breath away from slapping him across his self-righteous face. How dare he? As if his own sins are buried so clean."Go to hell, Xylus," I hiss, shoving past him. My legs carry me before my mind can catch up.By the t