KYLE'S POV
As I laid on my bed, the silence of my room felt suffocating. Memories, the kind I wished I could bury deep, came back to me, clawing their way back to haunt me. Tonight was one of those nights. The past wouldn't let me sleep.
Ella.
Her name echoed in my mind, pulling at the scars that hadn’t healed, the ones I doubted ever would. I clenched my fists against the mattress. My heart clenched as images of her filled my thoughts.
God, I loved her. I loved her with an intensity that shocked even me. Me, the ruthless Alpha, brought to my knees by someone so soft and beautiful. I had showered her with everything, my care, my protection, my love—all-consuming... for nothing.
Her betrayal was like a poison that still flowed in my veins.
She had lied. Told me her mother was sick, t
