Rejected, Not Broken
‘Do not contact me again.
‘You don’t get to—’
I severed the link.
The backlash snapped through me like static, sharp but brief. Clean. I sagged slightly against the wall, breathing through the lingering echo.
‘He’s gone,’ Lila said, fierce satisfaction in her tone. ‘If he reaches again, I will bite.’
A shadow fell across me.
“You should sit,” Rowan said calmly.
It wasn’t a question.
“I’m fine,” I said automatically.
His gaze held mine, sharp and intent. Alpha-focused. Not angry. Alert.
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