“Nicholas.”

I was dreaming. I must have been close to waking up to be so lucid.

I stood in my old room at the Academy. Nicholas had his back to me, his hand on the door handle. A

familiar curl of dread was growing in my stomach. A dull, physical ache rested behind my ribs.

This was the moment I had broken up with him.

“I’m sorry,” I said.

“Save it.” His voice was rough. I’d hurt him, but he didn’t want to admit it. He wouldn’t let me see.

“Nick, please –”

“Don’t call me that.” He pulled the handle and the door swung open. The light of the hall was blinding.

compared to the dimness of the room.

I had wanted to stop him. I wanted to take back everything, and bring him into my arms again.

But I couldn’t.

a newborn baby waiting for me, and the loss of my wolf had

I forced myself

gone, my body crumpled, just as it had that day. I’d

I’d done, and what

into the night, before I pulled

looked back.

my eyes and stared at the silk canopy above my borrowed bed.

half–pressed into the

long time, as I pressed

belonged.

a knock sounded on the door, and the two maids entered. I pulled myself out of

the day of the candidates‘ first public appearance. We had

derfdat

wouldn’t win the final selection, but I had decided to try to

to eat three full meals a day again. I was already regaining some of the weight I’d lost. My ribs weren’t quite so visible anymore. Each day, I

but now I could at least last a

exhausted.

me dress after my shower. Elva and I had matching light green gowns with faux wildflowers stitched into the

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