Delilah’s Pov Yes I am hurt, so hurt, and it is worse because I told myself I should not be, that I should never have let my heart wander toward him, but it was too late, I was already in love with Malric, and the way he pushed me away cut me open inside. I could not go back to the house, not like this, not broken, not with Reyna seeing me disgraced and degraded, I could not face her eyes. My wolf was silent too, quiet in that dangerous way that only meant she was furious with me, furious for lowering myself. So I just ran. I did not know where my legs were taking me, I only knew I needed to keep moving, faster and faster, as if running could drown the ache in my chest. A tear slipped, I wiped it away quickly, telling myself no, I will not cry for someone any longer, not for him. The

