ElenaI was here. In my room.Back in my dad's grand fortress—the one I'd tried to escape this morning.Night closed in, thick and suffocating, swallowing everything whole. And my defeat? It sat heavy on my chest, bitter and sharp.They'd brought me back home in a ride I'd spent fighting the entire time, even though I was told not to. Even though I knew I'd failed. Still, I'd landed a few scratches on both bastards. They were small, but I knew they hurt. I'd seen blood.And they'd seen more.The jacket had covered me—barely. The buttons? Flimsy. Useless.I didn't know. I might've even flashed Ashton my boobs when I dug my nails into his neck, my body twisting as I fought, my ass pressed to Jax while doing so.Their warm gazes were still all over me, even though they shouldn't have been.A few maids had scrubbed me clean after—scrubbed me raw—and now I was here, sitting alone in my room, crying as I clutched my mate's pendant in my fist.David.Six months, and I still couldn't believe
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