MIRABEL POV.
When I was a little girl, I overheard a woman say, “The quickest way to control a man is through a beautiful smile and the bat of an eye.”
At the time, it sounded like pure gibberish, just another one of those mysterious adult sayings. But now? Now I understood perfectly.
Men love to feel like heroes. And when we play the role of the damsel in distress, we feed their need to feel useful, important—even irreplaceable.
With all four boys—Damian, Owen, Noah, and Silas—crowding around me, each one stretching out a hand to help the weak, helpless Omega, Ash’s words rang true. Weakness, when wielded correctly, could be its own strength.
“What happened?” Damian asked,worried.
I bit back a smirk, instead letting my lips tremble into a delicate pout. My eyes darted to Vivian, wh
