Gina takes me home.
“If you tell Austin all this—” she starts.
“He doesn’t want me, Gina,” I curl my hands around the cup of tea in my hand. “The vile things he’s said to me, the way he demeans me, my hybrid status is a stain on his honor. If he could, I can bet anything that he would strangle me with his own bare hands.”
“Maybe you were—”
“Don’t say that I could be mistaken!” I lift my head to glare at her, suddenly infuriated. “The man has treated me like trash since day one! Oh, God.” I find my anger deflating as soon as it arose, exhaustion filling me. “I’m so f*****g tired of it all.”
“Seline.” Gina’s voice is soft.
“You know what I want to do right now?” I blink. “I want to pack everything up and leave this godforsaken town. I want to go somewhere far away. I want to go t
