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The words repeat in my ears, but I can’t stop crying. I hear a muffled sound and spin. The hotel door opens, and she’s there, her eyes wide, staring at me in shock.

For a second, we just stare at each other, but we both move at the same time. Colliding with each other in the middle of the room.

“I’m not going anywhere.”

She repeats it until I believe it.

Chapter thirty

Envy

Fate’s Choice is mychoice- Envy Fate

We’re in Silver Falls, and we’re ready. By tomorrow morning, Ryn is going to be a household name. I smile as I strum my guitar, going through the sound check.

Ryn smiles and waves.

She’s going to be in the audience with a microphone on. It’s going to be epic.

I wave at her as she disappears. Going to get makeup on and do her own getting ready. I don’t like the idea of her in the crowd, but Mako thinks it’s a good way to get Tara off our backs.

“Five minutes.”

I walk to the side of the stage and have a sip of my water. Tara is smiling smugly at me.

“I know that you’re going to switch the songs.”

I glare at her. At this point, it doesn’t matter.

The others flank me, picking up on the fury in the bond. The rage coming off us would stop a normal person, but not this bitch. She’s too fucking dumb and too blind to see how close to death she is.

“But you’re not going to switch them, you’re going to play my song.” Tara smiles confidently, like she has all the power.

“Yeah, that’s not happening. We’ve decided.”

Her eyes flash. “I know that she’s an omega.”

Tyr steps upbeside me. “Prove it.”

She holds out her phone, and I clearly see Tyr fucking her in the car. His voice calling her his omega is clear.

Fuck.

Fuck.

“We’re not switching the songs,” Tara snaps. “You’re going to play my song, and you’re going to do it as we practiced. Or this is going viral.”

We stand there, silent, refusing to agree to this plan but feeling the horror of her words slice through us. In this, the bonds are so open that my emotions are theirs and theirs are mine. We are one unit.

We’re fucked. We can’t let that video get out.

Typhor would just take Ryn and disappear with her.

“Fine. Raines is here. I can have him find her and take her out of here before you’ve finished your first song.”

“Wait!” I snap out. I glance at the others. “We can’t. If this doesn’t work, he can’t know.”

It’s agonizing to come to this conclusion. She’s going to hate us. I don’t even know if she will listen to us. I wouldn’t. Fuck.

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