Anna's POV
Vanessa bursts into tears the moment she says I’m dead.
My heart does a violent flip.
Maybe… maybe it's for the best.
I’m tired—tired of hurting, tired of being afraid, tired of pretending to be strong. Finally, I can have some peace. Some quiet. No more pain. No more Alpha Dylan. No more pretending like I belong in this cruel, twisted world.
But why is Vanessa crying so hard? I know she liked me. She’s the only one who ever treated me like I was human since I came to this mansion. She smiled at me. She asked how I was doing. She brought me food when no one else cared if I starved. But I never knew… I never knew she liked me this much.
I feel a strange ache in my chest watching her.
I’ll miss her. A lot. But not her brother—Alpha Dylan. Never him. I feel nothing but rese
