I watched Melissa collapse to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut. I released the rock I had used to strike her on the head. It fell to the ground with a dull thud.
I clicked my tongue and sighed dramatically. “If only you had never come into Alpha Liam’s life, none of this would have happened.”
I stared at her unconscious form lying on the damp grass. There was blood staining the side of her head from the impact, but she was still alive.
That was all that mattered.
I couldn’t kill her— not because I felt sorry for her, but because that had been Warren’s instruction.
I knew he still cared about Melissa because she was his friend, but I no longer cared about that. What mattered was that Liam and Melissa would never see each other again. It was all I needed.
I pulled out my
