Selene's POV
Ever since I left the Nightshade Pack with Daniella, I had been drowning in sorrow. No matter how much I told myself to let it go, my heart kept returning to the same moment. The second Victor looked me in the eye and refused to answer my question about rejecting Camilla.
He could make promises, kiss me, beg until his throat bled—none of it mattered if he hadn’t rejected her.
He had only exiled her, as if driving her out of the pack meant severing their connection. But they were still bound. And that bond wasn’t just a detail, it was everything.
If he truly loved me like he said, why didn’t he break it? Why didn’t he reject her?
His touches still lingered on my skin. His whispers echoed in my mind every night I closed my eyes. I hated myself for how much I still wanted h
