The rain had just tapered off, leaving the road a slick, treacherous slurry of wet dirt. I hit the muddy ground hard, my fingers clawing for traction, only to slide back down again and again.Carter didn't move. He sat in the idling SUV, watching my struggle through the window with a face like stone."See that, Selene?" he called out, his voice dripping with disdain. "Without me, you can't even pull yourself out of the gutter. Go ahead—break the bond and walk away. Tell me, where does an unprotected Omega go in a world like this?"He didn't wait for an answer. The door slammed, the engine roared, and the SUV tore away, spraying a fresh coat of mud across my face.As the darkness swallowed the road, my mind fractured, spiraling back through every memory I had of him. After Jake, I had been a ghost. I tried to bleed the pain out of my wrists, and every time I did, Carter would find me—slashing two deeper lines into his own chest to match mine. When I couldn't sleep, he tore the roof off
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