SERAPHINA
I wanted to avoid it. I truly did. I wanted to avoid Ronan tonight, but it seemed destiny had other plans for us.
Still, I didn't back down. I never had. I never would.
Every instinct inside me screamed—to shift, to fight—because deep down, I knew this Alpha was here to kill me.
I squared my shoulders and met Ronan’s wolf stare head-on.
"I know now," I rasped, my voice slicing through the heavy silence. "It wasn’t Asher who touched me."
His ears twitched sharply, his body going rigid.
"I made a mistake. No... I misunderstood," I said, voice steady. "But I won't explain myself. Whatever I say, you won’t believe it. It’ll sound like an excuse—as if I'm afraid of fighting, of dying... of you."
I lifted my chin higher and murmured, "So let’s end this quickly."
I dropped into
