Amanda’s POV
“All of you are so dumb! Pathetic idiots!” I screamed, pounding my fists against the door until my knuckles felt raw. The hollow thud echoed in the small room, each hit fueling the frustration that was clawing at me. “Let me out of this damn hole!”
I was suffocating—two days before the full moon and they thought locking me up was a solution. Idiots.
Ashton’s heavy footsteps echoed down the hallway before the door swung open, and there he was, blocking the doorway with that familiar storm in his eyes. His expression was a mess of irritation and something else, something darker that made my blood boil hotter. “You think we’re doing this because it’s fun?” His voice was low, dangerous. “You have no idea what’s at stake.”
I turned on him, fury radiating off me in waves. “Oh, s
