Everything stopped. My breath, my heart beat, the orbit of the earth. There was nothing but Nico's eyes trapping mine, the hurt that I knew had to be there. He was mine. I was his. That was all he wanted, to wrap his arms around me and keep me, to press his teeth against my neck and mark me as his. He wanted us to be together, forever.
That couldn't happen.
"You have another chance," he whispered as he slipped the restraints off. They clinked softly to the floor, Jenna scooting to the very edge of the bed, staring at me. She would want me to stay, maybe, to go through with the 'f**k Seth' plan, a little bit of adventure for the two of us after so many years apart. I had Nico here, the man who loved me. I had Jenna and my pack, who after years of my anger, finally had a place in my hea
