Chapter 58

“What the he ll are you talking about?” Aaron snarls.

James is hard-eyeing me in the mirror too.

But I’ve said enough.

I don’t care anymore. “I’m not your secretary. Ask her yourself.”

James and Aaron exchange harsh looks. I don’t care about that either.

I’ve been carrying around a lot of pain these last years. The culmination of being rejected and taken for granted, and never really loved the way I deserve to be.

My ca ncer prognosis put that in a crystalline perspective.

So much time. So much love.

Wasted.

But no more.

And now that I’m finally in a position to make decisions for myself I’m not about to relinquish control again.

Or try to, anyway. Aaron’s presence calls to me. It’s like some da

His scent fills the vehicle and his presence seems to reach out to me. Is my

I don’t think

And I don’t want to go back

go back to

I

even when I ha te him, when I want to tear out his heart

bear

the worst kind of

can’t even blame

It’s all me.

gets kicked around but who keeps coming back, desperate to

that it’s

go.

swath of mountains, the temperature dropping as we climb. It’s spring but there are patches of snow on some of these cliffs and that’s not even unusual for out here. As we approach my father’s-my-packlands, I’m

know how to describe

Sadness? Dread?

and we clear the first gate.

a second perimeter. This one is manned by several wolves and the guards here patrol an eighteen-foot fence that’s topped with barbed wire and giant

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