Ghost’s words stunned me to silence.
His eyes remained locked on mine as his words slowly seeped beneath my skin. I expected him to feed me some bullshit about how I’d saved Viper and it was the right thing to do.
That would have been a hell of a lot easier than what he’d actually said.
But instead, he’d fed into this alternate reality in my head that he and I were actually something more. I didn’t want that… right? I didn’t come here to find another mate.
I came here to find myself.
But his words sparked a tiny fire in my ice-cold heart. I spent so long in my head wishing to tell Wes what a waste of time hope was. It was simply a made-up emotion that our minds clung to in the darkest times…. Like a beacon of light shining through the blackest of nights.
Yet here I was… staring
