Bella could not move.
She hugged her knees tight as she rested her head on them and sobbed.
She cried and cried, trying to let all the sorrow out, in a hope to get rid of this heavy knot on her chest.
She could not believe that her own mate would do that to her...
He was going… Her own mate was going to... On their first face to face encounter… She heard the stories about his father, the alpha who r***d and tortured his own mate… And she felt as if she witnessed firsthand what Ash could do to her.
She cried until there were no more tears to shed. She sobbed until she was gasping for air. She was drowning in her sadness and despair until she let the darkness take over.
Unfortunately, even the darkness could not sooth her ache, as her sleep was plagued with nightmares.
She woke up w
