Chapter 30

His face crumpled a little, but I didn't care. He needed to leave, to stop standing in my

yard like some wounded puppy.

"If you don't leave," I

rising, "

"I warned, my voice

"I'll call I the police again."

Nathan winced at

at that, but sun

didn't

move. .He just stood I there, blood still trickling from the cuts on his arms, his clothes torn from the earlier fight with the rogue wolves. Stubborn fool. The man had always been stubborn, but now it wasn't something I admired-it just made me tired. ured.

I turned on my heel and shut the door,

leaving him outside. I pressed my back

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revving as he left. He really wasn't going anywhere.

Let him stand out there, I thought bitterly.

He made his choices; he can deal with the consequences.

But as the night dragged on, I couldn't help

but check the window. I saw him out

the side of the

bathed his face,

pale he looked. He

to bandage the cuts.

strange mixture of anger

inside me. The anger won out. He didn't deserve my sympathy. Not

was late, maybe

the yard was silent. When I finally glanced outside again, Nathan was slumped on

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a split second, panic shot through me. Had he passed out? I bit my lip, torn between letting him suffer and helping him. But I wasn't a monster. Not like him. Grabbing my phone, I dialed

said, my voice sharp. "He's in my yard, passed out. Bleeding. I don't care

Nathan," I snapped. "Who

I be talking about?"

replied, and I hung up

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as Nathan's

unconscious

the yard and into the

him go. I just felt.....

the couch, running a hand through my hair. Nathan wouldn't stop coming back. It didn't matter how many times I threw him out-he'd keep finding ways to worm back into my life. But I was done. Really done this time. The

wasn't going to let her win this time.

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in my favor. Sienna was fined a hefty amount, but more than the money, she had to record a public apology. That must've been the real punishment for her, knowing she'd have to face

the video the day it was

once flawless and 'full of arrogance, was marred by

Herp

in

valued above all else

with the marks of

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