SELENE
The room spun violently around me.
My fingers dug into the edge of the wooden table. For one agonizing moment, I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t think. Couldn’t even move.
Then the emotions crashed over me like a tidal wave: shock freezing my lungs solid, fear turning my blood to ice, and finally a searing anger that coursed through every vein, pooling into a dark, burning hatred deep in my heart.
Four years. Four f*****g years I spent clawing my way back from the humiliation of that deviant’s disappearance. Four years of scheming, seducing, pretending, convincing myself I could make Kael forget her. And now she’s back?
After a long, trembling pause, I drew in a shaky breath and turned to the guard. I forced my face into perfect neutrality, masking the storm raging inside.
“When?”
