ROSE'S POV
I stared at the moon’s reflection in the lake, admiring how the silver light shimmered softly on the water’s surface. The wind rustled the leaves in a gentle rhythm, helping me to calm my chaotic thoughts. For a brief moment, the pain in my chest dulled, but it remained there.
I had forced myself into this calm, but no matter how hard I tried, the ache in my heart refused to fade. Each passing minute made the lump in my throat grow larger, harder to swallow.
I felt rejected. Humiliated.
Why had I gone to his office? What did I expect to happen? That I’d confess my feelings, tell Alpha Kyle that I understood his pain and that I would never hurt him? That I’d offer him my heart, and he’d embrace me, apologize for the cold way he’d treated me, and everything would magically
