SELENE’S POV
I woke to the sound of breathing that wasn’t my own. Steady. Controlled. Too close, for a moment I thought I was with Lucas, I had once felt safe in his arms and his presence but now he was just disgusting to me and the thought of being in the same room with him sent shivers down my spine. It was the scent that made me realize that it wasn’t him, it felt too familiar to me. like a place that I had once called home but wasn’t sure if it was home anymore.
My first instinct was to pull away, but pain flared along my ribs and down my side, sharp enough to steal the air from my lungs. I sucked in a breath through clenched teeth, and the world tilted.
“Don’t move.”
Dante’s voice.
Low. Careful. Nothing like the commanding tone that used to make my skin crawl. I forced my eyes op
