Chapter 30
Lena stared at her phone, thumb hovering over the tiny blue arrow next to her message.
“I’m okay. Are you?”
It was short. Maybe too short. But it was all she could manage. Her heart thudded loudly in her chest, like it knew she was standing on the edge of something—maybe a reconciliation, or maybe another mistake. But she needed to know. Needed something. A thread to hold onto in the aftermath of everything.
Dean had kissed her. That part still felt real. Tangible. The rest—the fighting, the transformation, the betrayal—it blurred at the edges of her memory like something from a fever dream. But the kiss… that had been real. She knew it had meant something.
Just before she pressed send, a vibration jolted in her hand.
A new message lit up the screen. Not from Dean.
From t
