Chapter 44

“Fire that I’ve survived before,” Aria reminded her wolf of the last time it had happened.

“That was different. It was nothing like yesterday. Yesterday, it was stronger. Too strong for even Cole. Don’t you remember how he was yesterday?”

“Still…” Aria went and sat over to the toilet to pee. “If I didn’t stop him from leaving, we would not be in this mess.” She let out a sputtered sigh.

“It’s not a mess. Just accept it. We’ve tried running and it almost killed us. And we’ve tried being hateful, but you can see that isn’t working…”

“It is. It must. I don’t feel anything for him except hate upon hate. I’m never going to accept him.”

“Are you sure? It didn’t seem like it yesterday.”

“You are not helping, Maya.” Aria huffed, anger blooming in her.

Aria went and stood in front of the tall bathroom mirror. There were red marks almost everywhere. Her neck, her thighs, the small of her waist, the swell of her breasts, her ass too. She swallowed when