VERA'S POV.
I wanted to die. I found myself praying for the ground to open up and swallow me whole just so I could get away from the awkward situation.
The moment my eyes met Jaxon’s, I just knew things were about to go wrong. There was no way this would end well. Suddenly it was like time froze, and I was transported back to a time I thought I’d long buried. A time filled with memories I was better off without. A simpler time when our little friend group had felt so real and unshakable—before everything fell apart. But now, here he was, standing before me like some cruel joke from the universe. It's official, the moon goddess hates me.
Jaxon was what I once called a friend, a good one at that. But then he walked away and never looked back, all because I had said no to him. My stomach
