Aria’s POV
My feet skidded around the corner, and I slammed into the wall, catching myself before I fell. s**t. That was close. What if he was right behind me? But… I didn’t hear any footsteps. I dared a glance over my shoulder. He really wasn’t chasing me. He was just standing there. At the same spot, watching as I slowed down.
Why wasn’t he moving?
My breath caught as his lips slowly curled into a smirk. That was when I understood: if I didn’t reject Darius, he would rip me away from the new world I’d just found. A world where I didn’t belong with my people and Lucian. And deep down, I knew that I could never survive that world with Darius in it.
“Run, little omega,” he murmured, just loud enough for me to hear. “Run to your Alpha. Let’s see how long he keeps you.”
I frowned. What t
