SELENA’S POV

Fuck, I should have known better.

I shouldn't have trusted him. Every fiber of my being screamed at me to stay on guard, to not let down my walls. Yet when Gideon looked at me with those tearful eyes, claiming he wanted to fight by my side, I let myself believe. In what felt like centuries, I let myself hope for the first time.

But now, with the iron cuffs biting into my wrists, I realized that I was a fool for believing someone who used to treat me like trash. Here I was, ...