My face was on fire.That was the first coherent thought I had after Selene’s hand connected with my cheek—everything else was just white noise and the taste of copper flooding my mouth.I stumbled back and caught myself on the sink and my hip slammed into the marble edge hard enough that I knew I’d have a bruise the size of Texas tomorrow but I didn’t care because my vision was blurring.I wasn’t crying because I was hurt or scared or any of those things you probably expected me to feel right now.I was crying because I was so unbelievably furious that my body didn’t know what else to do with it.I straightened up and touched my lip where it had split open and my fingers came away red.“He broke it off,” I said and my voice didn’t shake which felt like a small victory. “That’s on him, not me.”“Because of YOU.” She shrilled. “That announcement? You manipulated him into choosing some pathetic human over his own kind—”“I didn’t even know he was going to—”She still had the coffee cup
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