Chapter 32

**Ronan's POV**

My cheek still burns. 

I sit in my car outside the school parking lot, staring at my reflection in the rearview mirror. The red mark from Evangeline's hand is fading, but I can still feel it. Like her fingers left something behind that goes deeper than skin.

I touch the spot where she hit me, and my wolf whimpers. Actually whimpers. Like a beaten dog crawling back to its master. The sound makes me sick.

She hit me. An Omega hit me. ...