Leora
"Excuse me?" I countered. "I wasn't the one who rejected you, remember? This was all your decision, and everything that happened since you cast me aside is on you!"
He growled but kept it low enough not to startle the baby. "That's not what I wanted."
"Well, you sure as f**k didn't want me to stay! I ran because you took another woman's counsel over our bond. It felt like I was living in my pack all over again!" I shouted, unable to contain the rage boiling inside me. The baby jumped from my sudden increase in volume and cried. I pulled him up to my face and used skin contact to calm him.
Bryan gripped the edge of my bed, and I heard the metal strain under the pressure. I didn't flinch like I thought I would under his piercing gaze. This time, I knew what I was fighting for. Not
