I stood there, frozen in the hallway, wondering if I should head upstairs or find a restroom to hide in. How did my life become so messed up? I should never have given in to him, I should never have let my arousal get the better of me. However, could I have stopped him? Would this bond between us let me stop him, let me push him away? Because it didn’t matter how much I loathed him, my soul craved him—craved to be near him. “Tell me, and I will kill him,” Isaac said, startling me. I quickly wiped away the tears, but still, I didn’t dare to turn. Why would he care about how Liam treated me? Maybe the way Liam acted toward me was expected in a pack. The hairs on the back of my neck rose when the warmth of his body soothed mine while I repeated his words inside my mind, wondering i