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The walk back to my room felt endless.
Every step sent another wave of pain through my battered body, but somehow, the physical pain wasn’t the worst of it.
The worst was knowing exactly who had allowed this to happen.
Kayden.
The man I had loved for as long as I could remember.
The man I had believed would one day be my mate.
The man I had trusted with my heart, my future… everything.
The moment I stumbled through my bedroom door, I headed straight for the bathroom.
I needed to wash.
I needed to scrub away the memory of what had happened. The unwanted touches. The fear. The humiliation.
I needed to feel like myself again.
I turned on the shower and barely waited for the water to heat before stepping inside. My legs gave way beneath me, and I sank onto the floor of the sho
