Content warning: This chapter contains mild language, suggestive themes, and mentions of bullying.
Emily
I can't believe what I just witnessed. Damien, the golden boy of Spring Lake High, publicly rejected by his supposed "fated mate." And not just rejected, humiliated, crushed.
But then Jasmine, the one who just ripped his heart out and tap-danced all over it. She's standing off to the side, examining her perfectly manicured claws like she didn't just destroy a boy's entire world.
Before I can talk myself out of it, I'm shoving through the crowd, ignoring Arya's startled yelp of protest. I rush towards the triplets. All I know I can't let them torment Damien, not after the crushing rejection he just faced. He doesn't deserve any more pain, especially not from these arrogant, entitled
