Sargis’s POV
I didn’t remember how I got here.
One second, I'd been running blindly, like if I kept moving, maybe I could outpace the sound of her voice still echoing in my skull.
"I never wanted to be your mate."
“I stayed because of the comfort.”
“I never want to see you again.”
“I reject you.”
The words replayed over and over like a curse looped in my blood. And the farther I ran, the louder they became, until they weren’t just in my head anymore—they were everywhere. In the trees. In the wind. In the hollow places of my ribcage where my heart used to beat.
I stumbled somewhere in the garden. Or maybe it was the courtyard. I couldn’t tell anymore—everything was a blur of green and gray and aching silence.
My claws had burst through my fingertips.
I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t f
