Brittany's POV

I lie in the bed. Eyes closed. But I'm not asleep.

I heard everything. Rachel's voice in the hallway. The basketball bouncing. Her laugh. The way she talked to the warriors.

"Don't let your mates control every minute of your day."

The words replay in my mind. Over and over.

Is that what Alexander thinks? That I control him? That I'm suffocating him?

Maybe Rachel is right. Maybe I am too much. ...