I ran.
My feet hit the staircase, taking it two at a time. I need to get out of here.
I was breathing in shallow gasps, my chest felt so heavy like it was being crushed by the words Saphire had just said to me.
Diana, my wolf, growled in my head, her voice was dripping with satisfaction. "I knew it... I never trusted that girl, even when you were crazy about her!"
I swallowed hard, trying to stop the flood of tears that were biting my eyes, threatening to be let out in order to embarrass me.
“Oh, Diana, this hurts… It hurts so much. Even more than her betrayal—when she had an affair and made Eric choose her instead of me, his mate. It hurts even more than the blackthorn poison she gave me. I can't believe she was the one who spread those awful rumors about me… and that made my life ho
