Leia’s POV
I barely slept that night. Every time I closed my eyes, I heard the same words again. “You should go to college.” Such simple words, yet they carried so much weight. Maybe Pete truly meant it as an opportunity, but after everything that had happened between us, how else was I supposed to take it?
To me, it sounded like he had finally chosen the pack and Sharon. A life that no longer had space for me in it. I sat on the edge of my bed as the early morning light slowly crept through the curtains. Our room looked exactly the same, but it no longer felt like a space I could call mine. Maybe it never truly was.
Tania was unusually quiet. Even she seemed exhausted by everything we had been through. “I think this is it,” I whispered softly. Her sadness washed through me immediately.
