‘Tick Tock.’
Sage subconsciously counted each second to her deadline. It was either that she willingly agreed to his need and followed him home, or that she didn't and also followed him home.
“Argh.” She sighed and slumped in bed, exhausted from the marathon going on in her head.
‘I can't, Ari.’ She mumbled to her seemingly silent wolf. ‘I can't go through such trauma all over again.’
She shut her eyes and let the tears burn her cheeks. ‘I can't be subjected to nothing just to be a Luna… What if I lose my life? What if…’
Her breathing got uneven, and she stopped to let the sob break out. Her hand rubbed her hip and crawled up to her abdomen, right where her scar was.
Images of her being assaulted in the garden flashed through her mind in vivid shots, it felt like it happened yeste
