Ashley's POV My back slammed hard against the cold door, the impact so heavy it felt like my insides had been shaken out of place. Brian's enraged, contorted face loomed inches from mine, his harsh Alpha pheromones saturating the air like acid, burning through every breath I took. His eyes, blazing with a hellish fury, locked onto me with a look that could tear me apart. I met his destructive gaze head-on, my heart—battered and bruised so many times by him—now eerily calm. A cold, emotionless smirk tugged at my lips. "Where I go, who I'm with—it's not your decision to make." "You've got some nerve!" The words shot out like poisoned darts through his clenched teeth. "You're nothing but a worthless Omega! Who else would want you besides me? A pathetic failure who can't even awa

