Chapter 45 No Us

• It's been weeks since the Alpha shattered my heart. Weeks of silence, of icy distance where there was once warmth. We’re back to square one, as if all the progress, all the promises, were nothing more than fragile dreams. He doesn't speak to me, and I don’t dare break the silence either. We exist in the same space, two strangers bound by invisible chains.
• Even Xander has tried, time and time again, to get me to open up, but how can I forget what he did?
• I know Zephyr is like a brother to him. They’ve always had each other’s backs, always been there for one another. But what about me? What about the promises *he* made—to stand by me, to help me through this nightmare? I was a fool to believe those words. To believe him.