Three days had passed sInce Kael and Dax arranged for me to have my own room. At first, It seemed like nothing more than a small kIndness. But In my world, kIndness was fleetIng, like smoke. It appeared for a moment, only to vanish as If It had never been there at all. It didn’t take Kael long to figure out the truth—that 1 was still a virgin. I hated how quickly he had pieced it together, hated the shame that came with the knowledge. But maybe, just maybe, it would finally put an end to the humiliating names he and the others had thrown at me. For three days, 1 had been left In that little room. It was quiet. Too quiet. The omegas brought my meals, setting the trays down with stiff hands, but the looks they gave me said more than words ever could. Distant. Cold. Disdainful. They saw me

