That look in his eyes? Like I’d just ripped out his soul.
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“You really hate me that much? After everything? I never stopped loving you. I didn’t mean for anyone to replace you!”
He was spiraling.
“And Lilith–I know what she did. Lied about the pup being mine. I gave her up. To the real father. I’m trying, Brielle. Doesn’t that count for something?”
I paused.
In the life where he let me die, he chose her. Spoiled her. Promised her the Luna crown while I bled out alone. Planned to raise her pup like it was his–never once cared who the real father was.
Didn’t matter. My heart didn’t flinch.
“Caden, whatever you’re trying now… it’s too late. We’re done. Let it go.”
But he just stared, clinging to hope like a rabid wolf.
“You didn’t let go. You loved me too deep to walk away this easy.”
And there it was—that same look he gave me the night I died. Cold. Detached.
Pain sliced through me. I shut my eyes.
“Caden… the night before you brought Lilith home, I had a dream.”
I told him everything. Laid it all out like some twisted bedtime story. From the betrayal to the venom pumping through me at her party. I didn’t hold back.
His face went from confused to haunted.
He wanted to deny it. Say it was a lie. But the words stuck.
The image of me collapsing from the snakebite at Lilith’s party, looped in his head like a curse.
He couldn’t deny it. Every piece of that “dream” felt real. Like something he’d done -or damn near did.
“No,” he muttered, shaking his head like he could erase it. “No. It’s fake. All of it!”
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Then he bolted. Stumbled through the crowd, knocking into people, vanishing into the chaos of the airport.
I just stood there, watching him fade.
Ron showed up, tickets in hand. “They’re boarding.”
He caught the tail end of my stare. “Someone you knew?”
I paused, then shook my head.
“No. Just a stranger.”
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