er's

sort through the trash. Finally, I found the pa

and its content was in Freya's handwriting. Even though her scen

n't bring myself to say out loud. I may have already lost you to her, but I ne

t as my eyes ran from one side of the pap

ing you'd see the truth, but you didn't. You believed her. I h

s and pacing like a caged beast.

head like that would undo every hurtful word that I

? How did I not see the t

g, I knew it was from the meeting. At this

ash? That wasn't the main quest

in my head-Mia. She was the only o

ad to attend was no longer important to me. All I need

was angry. My blood boiling as the streets blurred past me. T

e, my fists were clenched at m

was Mia's voice-laughing w

door, and that's whe

g on the phone. "Jasper totally bought it. I mean, come on, she never s

heard those words. I had to place an ar

"Then she left the pack and poof-problem solved. He n

e curled in my gut like a st

rprised and scared to see me. The color dr

ered. "Honey, I did

y voice came ou

"What. what

threw it on the table. "Is it true!" I

to shake

You lied to me? You made me think Freya w

t of harm's way. "I. I didn't mean-

u made sure I never saw it. You made sure I hat

You were falling for her, an

s the one that was there for me when everything was falling

please."

s anymore-she was the one who sta

oser. "We can start again, Jasper. I made a mist

ce steady. "I let you manipulate me. I let you turn me against someo

. Bullshit! All croco

ck," I said coldly, "reject you, Mia,

face. The bond snapped between us like a whip-so

want to see yo

, falling to her kne

ing away, out of the d

manipulation. the guil

g shattered into pieces. Every

son who ever saw me for who I real

orgive me. Even if she wa

d to