SCARLET OMEGA’S POV
Kade didn't tell me to leave, but he didn't tell me to stay either, and after he rose from his crouch and walked away without another word, I understood that was the most either of us could offer the moment. I sat there a while longer, on the cold tile of the hallway, staring at the scraps of red and amber that used to be my wolf, and then I gathered every piece I could find and put them in my pocket like they still mattered.
Maybe they did. Maybe I'd tape her back together later, the way I'd taped back together everything else in my life that other people had decided to tear apart.
By the time I made it back to my dorm, the whispers had already beaten me there.
Lina was waiting on my bed, knees tucked to her chest, phone in hand like she'd been refreshing a feed o
