~ Anyssa's Pov ~

I can't get over that night. Over the way he held me. Grabbed me like I was some kind of thing. Like I wasn't even human. It baffles me because this person used to be my best friend—my first love—and now I can't see him as anything more than a monster.

“Nyssa!” I bolted upright in my chair before looking up at Ronan.

“Oh, I'm sorry. Did you need anything?”

He narrowed his eyes at me before introducing the woman beside him. A brunette in her late ...