POV: Juliana Capulet

I felt Ronan wake up through the mate bond at 4 AM.

His determination hit me like ice water, sharp and cold and absolute. He was going through with it. Despite my pleas, despite everything we'd built together, he was choosing vengeance over us.

I threw on clothes and ran across campus toward the challenge grounds. Maybe I could stop this before it started. Maybe I could talk sense into both of them before someone died and destroyed ...