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What was left of my heart incinerated into ashes.

My knees gave out, and I struggled to stop myself from collapsing as the world rocked around me.

Clarissa was silent as she walked away.

She didn’t need to say anything.

She’d already destroyed me.

Chapter 21

Sadie

HIS HEAT

In the gym, Molly ran after me with the syringe.

She said something about how she was glad I was okay and that we needed to be consistent with our muscle-growth regime.

Her words rubbed me wrong, and a snarl bubbled in my chest.

Why did I have to change myself to be good enough for the men?

I didn’t need to prove my strength to anyone.

Brushing past her, I stalked away without a word.

The sources of my consternation were waiting outside the building, but I purposely ignored them and climbed into the separate car I’d taken to the test.

The thousands of beasts hustling down the wide sidewalks no longer seemed interesting.

Gray skies and endless rain were depressing as fuck.

Just another realm with too many people.

Too much pain.

After the car sped back, I stumbled into the mansion, desperate to climb into my bed, smoke the pipe, and sleep till I had to fight.

If I never saw another man ever again, it would be too soon.

They were over me, and I needed to move on.

Of course, since this was my fucked-up life, three alphas and one man-whore omega ambushed me in the front entrance.

I marched past them. “I’m not talking to any of you.”

Jax grabbed my arm and easily stopped me as I tried to push past them and run up the grand stairway.

Up close, the scent of sugary cinnamon was nauseatingly intoxicating and made me want to scream, cry, gyrate, and lose my fucking mind.

Clarissa’s words cauterized my brain like battery acid.

I screamed, “Let me fucking go! I hate all of you.” Tears of frustration burned my eyes.

No matter how hard I tried to shove her words into the dark recess of my mind, they wouldn’t fucking disappear.

Jax grabbed both my biceps in his hands and held me so I couldn’t move. “Please, little alpha. Everything’s getting messed up. We need to talk.”

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