Amber
Ina had been ecstatic when I forwarded her the files Marina gave me—raw, undeniable proof that Reed had orchestrated the attack on me. It was everything we needed to win. She was so certain, I could feel it even through the phone when she called this morning to hype me up for today’s hearing.
Today. The day everything was supposed to change.
But as Ian drove us to the courthouse with Ichika, Ken, and Evalie quietly chatting in the backseat, my thoughts were tangled in something else entirely.
Rayne’s rut.
His words from our last conversation echoed in my head—"And those memories? They’re always there. Uninvited. Relentless. I can’t stop them, Amber. And I can’t stop how my body reacts when they come flooding. It’s maddening… and yet, I can’t bring myself to hate it."
I clenched
