Elena’s POV
I should have gone straight home.
That was my first mistake.
The second was following the sound of Dax’s voice down the corridor of the hotel, my curiosity pulling me like a leash I couldn’t break.
I told myself I only wanted answers. I needed closure. A glimpse of truth behind the layers of lies he fed me. But what I saw when I turned the corner made my stomach drop.
Dax.
And Rose.
Her hands were on his chest. His arm was around her waist. Their bodies were too close, like two people who belonged together.
I froze.
The walls around me felt too narrow, the air too thin. For a moment, all I could hear was the rush of blood in my ears.
He tilted his head toward her, lips a breath away. She smiled like she’d won.
And me? I felt the sharp sting of
