Chapter 100 “I Need You”

• As Sheila stood frozen in the doorway, her eyes fixed on the scene before her, her world began to shatter. The air seemed to thicken, making it hard to breathe, as she took in the sight of Nicholas, her alpha, her secret lover, her childhood friend, lying in bed with...her. Kimberly.
• The girl he had dethroned her for, the girl he had pushed her away for. The pain was like a physical blow, knocking the wind out of her. Sheila felt as though she'd been punched in the gut, her heart shattered into a million pieces. She couldn't tear her gaze away from the intimate scene, her mind reeling with the implications. How could he? How could he do this to her? After everything they'd shared, after all the secrets they'd kept, after all the promises they'd made to each other.
• Sheila's eyes burned with unshed tears as she took a step back, her hand instinctively reaching for the doorframe to steady herself. She felt like she was going to collapse, like her legs were going to give out beneath her. The room seemed to spin around her, and for a moment, she thought she might pass out. But she didn't. She stood there, frozen in agony, as the truth slammed into her like a freight train: Nicholas had moved on, and that means his imprint on her was true. Grudgingly she admitted inwardly, ‘that bitch Hannah was right.’