I walked away from the guys with my heart twisted painfully. Phoenix’s words echoed in my head so loudly I felt my ears ache. How could he say that and be so cruel about it? I heard how the words fell from his lips like acid, the cruelty in his tone. He truly thought I had bewitched them somehow, tempting them into being bonded to me. He knew I had no choice; he knew that it was not a decision I had made. And yet he still blamed me for it, still acted as if it was my fault. I didn’t want three. Well, now four bonded and just as I was getting used to the idea, letting myself feel happy about it, he goes and rips my heart from my chest like a scene from my nightmares. I never would have thought it would be Phoenix who would act in such a way. To be honest with anyone, I expected it to be Cal
