IRENE By the time I got home, I had no tears left to cry. My anger had dissipated and all that was left was a deep hole of nothingness and numbness in my heart. I recalled the situation back then and I slid to the floor against the door, threading my hands in my hair as I stared hard on the floor. Fuck! I thought I was ready for that; the backlash, the rejection... I saw it coming. Dreamt about it most nights and even imagined it as a worst case scenario. The pack wasn't some dumdum that would just accept me with open arms after what I've done but it hurt more that Lexie had a hand in this. The rumours were clearly from her. Why she was even allowed such power and influence to wreak havoc was Karson's fault! A strong feeling of bitterness rose like a flame in my chest and strangely,

