PERSEFONE POV
The walk back to the pack house was one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my entire life.
And considering I once accidentally walked into a chemistry lab explosion after mixing compounds I absolutely should not have mixed together unsupervised, that was saying something.
Nobody talked.
The three devils followed close enough behind me that I could feel them constantly.
Like a second heartbeat crawling beneath my skin.
I hated it.
Mostly because my body kept reacting to them anyway.
Especially after what Thane had done.
One second Richard had been hugging me in relief, like the easygoing sweetheart he always was, and the next he’d been choking against a tree with Thane’s hand wrapped around his throat like something straight out of a violent fever dream.
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