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It still felt unreal. Like I was in a nightmare and all I had to do was snap my eyes open and I’d be in the present where I still had my best friend.
Why did losing my only female friend suddenly feel like I’d lost an entire squad of females that understood me? Was it because that was how I saw Aurelia? My best friend, my ride-rr-die, the herbalist, and sometimes my therapist.
This felt like our breakup all over again, and yet it hit harder. It hurt a whole lot more than back then, and I didn’t know how to comprehend it all.
I was finally getting everything I’d worked towards. Finally in control of my destiny. I was surrounded by eight powerful men, in charge of two of the most powerful business organizations NYC had ever seen, was finally a wolf shifter and a part of a pack that wanted me, and I’d gotten a glimpse of my real mom and my talented, badass half-sister.
This should have been the high tide of my life, but once again, something fought to ruin it.
And it had to be my very best friend.
“Willow.”
I wondered how many times Jayce had said my name, but I couldn’t focus on anything as the sky boomed with thunder yet again.
I need to go.
The walls around me felt like they were going to close in at any moment, and if I ever felt a moment of spiraling chaos, that was it right there and then.
“William!” Jayce called out. I was already out of the office faster than I could blink. I hadn’t even noticed I’d once again switched back to William, but who the fuck cared? I just wanted out of there.
“Sugar? What’s wrong?”Onyx's voice tried to cut through, but I ignored it entirely as I took one of the secret exits only us and a few secret agents undercover in the building knew about. It took me straight to the private garden, and that would lead me to the back exit that would take me straight to a trail that would lead me to the woods.
Was it far as fuck? Hell ya, but what a brilliant way to burn off your anger: running like your life depends on it.
“Sweetness.”It was Neo’s voice that was next to try to reach me, but I ignored him just as easily as I did Onyx.
“What’s going on?”Saint questioned, clearly pissed.“Why does Willow feel like she’s on a crash course into dark oblivion?”
Was that what my current mindset was like? A fucking void of emotional disarray? Surely that was a good description of how it felt to feel like you’d been betrayed even though it felt like you took all the right steps to be a good friend.
Why is this happening?
With a deafening clap of thunder, rain pounded against the ground, causing people to scream and rush for shelter. It was the perfect chance for me to run for it as I took off my suit coat and raised it over my head as if it could shield me from the merciless pounding.
Maybe the universe was mad on my behalf?
“Aurelia,”Jayce huffed, and it sounded like he was running.
“Shit.”Onyx didn’t sound close to pleased, leaving me to wonder if he expected this.
Could I have been a blind fool all this while?
“What did she say?”Dimitris demanded.“Fuck. William! Where are you running to?!”
Even I didn’t know where the fuck I was going, but it didn’t matter right now. Nothing fucking mattered but escaping this shattering pain. All of it was too much, and I hated this. I despised that I could feel like an emotional wreck in one fucking week all because I was fucking winning in this world.
“Aurelia chose the Coven.”
No one said a fucking word, but the true shock of his revelation settled through the pack bond like a purge was announced and we were all on the chopping block.
“She…”Onyx couldn’t even speak.
“She chose the Coven over Willow and us?”Milo questioned, sounding flabbergasted.“The woman who helped us stop the avalanche. The woman who’s been friends with Willow since she was a child?”
“Yes, Milo,”Jayce breathed.“They threatened her. If she walks, she loses everything: rank, resources, family name, everything, and her pack would face the same fate.”
“Fucking blackmailing bastards,”Viktor’s groggy voice croaked.“Where’s Willow?”
