Lahat ng Kabanata ng Rejected Me Once, Never Fool Me Twice: Kabanata 161 - Kabanata 170

Late afternoon light spilled across the wooden floors like melting gold. I stood at the threshold of my bedroom door for the first time in a week. The silence beyond it was loud. Almost judgmental. My fingers gripped the doorknob, my knuckles pale from the pressure, and for a moment I considered sla

Whatever she was trying—it was strong enough to find me down here.I closed my eyes. Reached. Just slightly. My wolf answered, stretching out like it recognized a heartbeat somewhere in the dark.And then, I saw her.She didn’t walk through the door. She just… appeared. Like smoke pulled together in

Tyron's They moved me to a different cell three days ago.Bigger. Cleaner. A cot that didn’t smell like damp rot. Even a shower, though the water pressure was about as forgiving as a weak rainstorm. Clothes, too—dark sweats and a plain shirt. It was a calculated kindness, which meant it was a wa

Winter’s POVThe days blurred into one another, stitched together by the same restless thrum inside my chest—my wolf pacing, whining, clawing at me whenever I tried to ignore her. She wanted him. She wanted Tyron. No matter how much I lectured myself that I was fine, that I was strong enough to keep

Tyron’s POVThe dungeon was quiet again, save for the usual drip of water and the shuffle of the guards stationed too close for comfort. I’d learned to map their movements by sound, to mark the seconds between their weight shifts, even the subtle clink of their swords when they adjusted their belts.