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Sebastian’s POV
I drummed my fingers against the table, trying to focus on the conversation around me but failing miserably. My mind kept drifting to the balcony where I’d just spoken with Thea. Her words still echoed in my head: “Any love I had for you is dead. You successfully
killed it.”
Why did that bother me so damn much?
From the corner of my eye, I caught Aurora rising from her seat, her expression tight with barely contained anger. Under normal circumstances, I might have ignored it, but something about her purposeful stride as she followed Thea’s path set off alarm bells in my head.
My wolf, who’d been sulking since our encounter with Thea, suddenly perked up. Follow
her, it urged. Something’s not right.
“Everything okay?” Damien asked, noticing my distraction.
“Fine,” I muttered, pushing back my chair. “Need some air.”
I tracked Aurora’s scent through the crowded ballroom, past chattering groups of Pack
members and walked out.
Thea and Aurora standing face to face outside, so focused on each other they didn’t notice
my presence.
“You think you’re something special now just because you’re the founder of the
Dawnhaven Foundation?” Aurora sneered, stepping closer to Thea.
“Goddess, I’m too tired for this shit,” Thea sighed, running a hand through her honey- brown hair. “Just move, Aurora. I’ve got nothing to say to you.”
As I watched them, my certainty began to crack. The story I’d believed for years suddenly seemed… wrong. The facts no longer fit together neatly.
“You’re still nothing, Thea. I’m telling you, having money doesn’t change the fact that we all hate you, especially Sebastian,” Aurora mocked.
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I heard Thea’s bitter laugh. “You know what? I don’t have the time or energy to deal with your bullshit. The only thing you care about is that Sebastian is looking at me instead of worshipping at your feet.”
She attempted to move past Aurora, but Aurora grabbed her arm with enough force that I could see Thea flinch. My wolf quickly awaken from its silence, hackles raised at the sight.
“Sebastian is mine, Aurora hissed. “Stay away from him. Don’t start thinking you’re worthy of him now.”
Thea wrenched her arm free, her eyes flashing with anger. “How many times do I have to tell you I’m not pursuing Sebastian? How can I get it through your stupid head that I’m over him? You can have him, I don’t care. I don’t fucking want him!”
My wolf became dejected again at her words, while an uncomfortable feeling spread in my
chest.
“I don’t believe you,” Aurora spat. “I saw him follow you to the balcony. You ruined us once before, and I won’t let it happen again.”
“Is that why you’ve been lying to him all this time?” Thea asked, her voice quieter now.
“Why do you keep playing the victim when you’re the one stirring up trouble? Did you tell
him that those two times you accused me of hurting you, you were the one who started it
both times?”
I froze, the accusation hitting home. Aurora had come to me, tearful and upset, claiming
Thea had threatened her, had pushed her. Like a fool, I’d never questioned it.
“It doesn’t matter what really happened,” Aurora said with disturbing confidence.
“Sebastian will always take my side against you. He’ll always believe me over you because
he loves me, and you’re nothing to him.”
Each word was like a knife, cutting through the fog of denial I’d been living in. I closed
my eyes, not wanting to face the truth. Because of what Aurora told me, I automatically assumed Thea was wrong, but now it seemed she wasn’t. How many times had I believed
others over her?
I began to feel how unfair I might have been. I hated that possibility.
“Honestly, it’s fucking sad,” Thea replied, shaking her head. “You have to be so
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underhanded to keep him. You say you love him, yet you manipulate him, lie to him. What kind of love is that? His love for you might be genuine, but I doubt yours is.”
