Present Day
“You really don’t know?”
I didn’t answer. In the dim light of the cellar, I just watched him. A cold, hollow weight was already settling in my gut. I had a feeling I was about to pay for a ghost I’d tried to leave behind at the academy.
The rogue leaned back against the post, his split lip curling. Beside me, Blake had gone deathly still. He could feel the air in the room changing—becoming heavy, like the moments before a storm breaks.
Blood stained the rogue’s teeth. “You really thought you could walk away from a girl like Emma and have nothing happen?”
The name hit like a physical blow. Emma.
“Yeah,” he whispered. “She’s an Alpha’s sister, Zayne. You didn’t just break her heart. You treated her like garbage. You slept with her, used her for months, and then tossed her a
