Aiden’s POV
Gosh, I was so stupid. I treated Irina like s**t, and because of me, her powers took so long to awaken. Lancer was a prick from the start, Irina couldn’t count on him from the start, but me…
I still feel like s**t because I believed his lies and made my innocent mate suffer.
“Instead of wallowing in self-pity, you should find a way to make every single one of them pay,” Arlo growled inside my head. He was ready to go out for blood.
“Trust me, they’ll pay,” I replied, but I should be the first one in line if I had to make everyone who hurt her.
Guilt had weight. Regret had claws. I sat at my desk with my hands wrapped around an empty glass. I couldn’t return to my room, it was too close to hers.
“Perhaps she wants us there,” This was the third time Arlo tried to convin
