(Cassie POV) I must have cried in my car for a full thirty minutes. By the time I was done, I was determined that I was never going to be in that situation again. I would go home and sort myself out, and then I would come back just long enough to complete the rejection process. Hopefully Jason would keep it in his pants long enough to give me the time that I needed; I didn’t want to go through the betrayal pains again. As I was wiping my eyes and gathering myself back together, I realized that I now had guards on three sides of me. They weren’t approaching, but they were watching me pretty closely. That meant that they either saw me as a threat, or they were being directed to watch me by someone in pack leadership. Given how tonight’s events played out, it could be either one. Now that

