Serena’s POV"You sold me out." The words hang in the cold air between us.Maya sits against the opposite wall. Her face is bruised. Her lip is split. But her eyes, her eyes are the worst part. She was empty, defeated, as if something inside her had already died. "It wasn't supposed to happen like this," she whispers."Then how was it supposed to happen?" I pull against the ropes again. They don't budge. "You were my friend. The only person in that house I trusted." "I know." "Then why?"She doesn't answer right away. The silence stretches, heavy, suffocating. When she finally speaks, her voice is barely audible. "They have my mother." I stop struggling. "What?""Viktor's wolves." She lifts her head slowly. Tears streak through the dirt on her face. "They took her three months ago. Before you even arrived. They told me if I didn't give them information, they'd kill her."My chest tightens."Maya—""I didn't know they were coming for you specifically." Her voice cracks. "They just wan
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