Sebastian didn’t remember getting into his car. One moment he was standing in Ravyn’s driveway trying to process the news of her leaving Whisperden. The next, he was gripping his steering wheel in the parking lot of Eden. His jaw locked so hard his teeth ached, his heart felt like it had been chewed up and spit back out. The worst part wasn’t her decision, it was the fact that she didn’t trust him enough to include him on her plans. After everything. After he broke the rules, the expectations, the timeline that had been shoved down his throat since childhood, for her. “Stupid,” he muttered as he stepped into the club, blinking against the dark neon glare. Bass vibrated through the floor, rattling through his bones. Bodies moved everywhere, voices overlapping in laughter and shouts, an

