(Alexander)
I’d made it clear to everyone that I was done with my mother’s meddling. After changing the rules of my pack, I stopped caring about what anyone thought—especially her.
But this morning, she stopped me just as I was about to leave.
And I knew exactly what was coming.
Her venomous words were the ones meant to cut me open and leave me bleeding.
Selene had me in her grasp more than I realized. It was impossible to stay away from her. I woke up with the hollow feeling of her absence. The bed felt colder without her, the sheets tangled where she had lain beside me just hours before.
She was gone again.
It irritated me more than I’d admit. I wanted to wake up with her beside me, feel her warmth against me, and breathe in her scent the moment I opened my eyes. But she had slipp
