Meadow’s POV: Alaric had just walked out on me in my most vulnerable moment. My eyes were closed, and he just… left. I should’ve known that his indifferent expression was just that. Indifferent. He didn’t care. My skin pulsed with a different kind of heat as I got out of the pool. Anger. Disgust at myself. Embarrassment. Hatred. I let him use me again. I let him talk me into doing what he wanted and he just left me high and dry. Letting out a shaky breath, I reached for a nearby towel, not even bothering to remove my bikini from the pool before I stormed out of the pool room. But I didn’t go to my room. No. I went straight to Alaric’s room. If he thought I was going to let him walk out on me and push me away after I just f*****g bared myself to him, then he definitely had anothe

