Relinquish Novels & Stories

“So, you’ve let Camilla go? That means you should understand the emptiness that follows, right? If you’re no longer going to repeat the same mistakes, then why do you need me to give you another chance, Dominic? “I’m not a backup option you can rely on whenever you feel like it. I’m not your last resort or someone you wouldn’t have but now want. “I’m a living, breathing person, and I have the right to choose my own life. And you—right now, you’re just a part of my past that I’ve chosen to let go of. Do you understand what I mean?”

she says to him again. He smiles, “I will make you a deal. You come closer to me, and I will release your friend,” he says to her. Elizabeth stands straighter, “Elizabeth, don’t you dare!” I snap at her. “Do not do it, Elizabeth!” Kinsley yells. The wolf simply smiles knowing she will do it. I try to move forward but Stan holds me back, “Let me go,” I yell at him trying to pull away.

He looked like he was about to snap at me but stopped himself. After a breath, he replied, "I really am sorry for last night... and for following you today. I've missed you Rue". I nodded but didn't believe a word he said. "Ok, how about this? I forgive you and we let all this go? We're going to be at the same school this year and I hate drama. I'll leave you alone and you leave me alone." I tried. I knew that it probably wasn't going to happen but hey, a girl can dream. I saw by the look on Wolf's face that he had other plans as soon as I finished talking.

This is the day everything changes. I see I have one missed call and voicemail from Zander, and I delete it without listening to it. Today is the day I close the door on that chapter of my life. I need to get all my papers to change my name back to Saraphina Morgan, which I can do all right here on the computer with a printer. When I move, I can file everything.

Her eyes were sad. Empty. Resigned. She lowered her gaze and quietly climbed into the car. Neither of them noticed the way her fingers curled tightly into her palm. Because sometimes, surrender wasn't the same as giving up. Sometimes... It was simply the only way to make someone lower their guard. *****

Eventually, compromise seemed wiser than continued bloodshed. “Release my daughter and her team. Then we can discuss terms.” Lilith smiled. “There are no terms. But I will release them as a gesture of good faith. Take them home. Think about what I have said. We will speak again soon.” She waved her hand and Selene stirred, along with the other wolves. The structure around the breach shimmered and vanished, leaving only the tear in reality.

Akira worked through the pages for nearly an hour before she found what she was looking for, a full translation of the release clause's final section, the part the damaged ledger in the archive had left obscured beyond our reach until now. "Here," she said, her voice unsteady. "The price. Mireille translated it in full, more completely than anything we've managed to piece together ourselves." I leaned forward, bracing myself against whatever came next. "The one who invokes the release clause surrenders the memory of their own rejection," Akira read slowly. "Not their memory entirely. Only that. The pain, the humiliation, the specific wound of having been cast aside by the one meant to accept