CHAPTER 35
SERAPHINE POV
“TO WIN THE ALPHA HEART”
She paused before responding. “He said he needed to talk to someone. He sounded confused.”
I slowly asked, “Confused about what?” Sitting straighter, I tried to brace myself to receive whatever was coming.
As if on repeat, “he told me he’s losing interest,” Veronica remarked.
My breath was captive to my chest as the ground tried climbing underneath my feet, all semblances of losing my reality. The feeling I had, slipped away like a delicate sensation.
Hoping against hope, I turned my gaze to Veronica, wishing that she would burst out with laughter and say it was some crude joke. A part of me wanted to believe that Kael was trying to plan some elaborate surprise and panic acted as the plot twist.
But she didn’t, and my hopes cr
