Alaric’s POV:

‘Something tells me you mean to break her too.’

Those were the exact words Clarissa had said to me a few days ago in Vegas. And those were the most untrue words I had ever heard in all my thirty-four years of being on this earth.

Maybe initially—yes. I wanted to ruin her and her sister. But that was before I got to know her. That was way before I got to feel her.

My intention wasn’t to break Meadow. It was to let her break me.

Last night’s events had been ...