Liam When I smelled that bastard's scent on Lyra, I lost it. Logic left me, and all I wanted was to explode like a ticking time bomb. I was angry. Furious. And the conversation that followed made it obvious. What I didn’t expect was for everything to turn around and bite me in the ass. How was it that I’d been in control just minutes ago, ready to tear Lyra apart, yet now, that control had slipped, and she was the one tearing me apart? Where I’d been angry, now I was confused. Disappointed. Dare I say… sad. Aries stirred uneasily within me. Brace yourself, mate. What she’s about to say… it’ll shred you in ways you never knew. I tried to steel myself. I told myself I could handle it. But the more I stared at her standing there, fragile yet defiant, trembling as tears slid down her ch

