The Reckoning

Elira

I look at Selena, my heart pounding heavily, and then I laugh bitterly and coldly.

“You have got to be joking with me now,” I say, my voice sharp and deeply unsteady. “I simply do not love him at all. You truly know I only came here to save the pack, nothing else mattered. And besides—” I pause, my throat tightening quickly, “I already told you I fully rejected him. So why would I still… love him now?”

Selena instantly narrows her eyes, watching me very ...