The gas station clerk’s son, Derek, leaned on the counter, magazine forgotten. “She looked ready to kill someone. Never seen that much hate in a woman’s eyes.”
I gripped the edge of the counter. “The animals she mentioned… you’re sure that’s what she said?”
Derek shrugged. “Sounded like it. Said she had to stay and deal with them. Pay them back or something.” Revenge.!
Everything clicked into place. Seraphine had not stayed in this nightmare pack out of fear or stupidity. She had stayed for blood. For her parents. For every person the Stone pack had destroyed.
I left the gas station with my mind racing. Eden had escaped because of Seraphine. Melody had tried to do the right thing and paid for it. And Seraphine… she had been systematically killing them from the inside for years.
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