Reborn For Revenge

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licker of something darker, something I couldn't quite place-fear, maybe, or guilt. The Alpha mask he had so carefully craf

from me, it all seemed so distant now, a mere shadow of the reality I had once believed in. I had loved h

apology hanging in the air between us, but it m

" I replied, my voice sharp. "You lost t

a nerve. The anger inside me flared, but I tamped it down, knowing I

being focused on him. "Tell me, Ian," I continued, my voice low and dangerous, "what

ring behind his eyes-guilt, regret, confusion. But there was no sorrow in his eyes for what he had do

r his words, but I d

him off, my tone laced with venom. "Nothi

passing moment. The love I had once felt for him was fading, replaced with the cold weight of betrayal and a hunger for justice.

the Alpha slipping further. "Tessa, I never meant fo

ined. He wasn't sorry for me. He wasn't sorry for how I had suffered. He was sorry

happen?" I laughed bitterly, the sound harsh in the quiet night. "No, Ian, you made

that death, I had been granted a chance at vengeance. The Moon Goddess had answered my plea, had gi

ween us. My heart was heavy, but there was a new strength inside me, one tha

Ian said, his voice crackin

line. "I don't have to believe anything you

he scent of the forest, but it did nothing to calm the storm raging inside me. The sight of hi

her." The words burned my throat, but I didn't hold them back. "No

he ache in my chest, the emptiness where love had once lived, threatened to s

's voice cracked, desperat

d without looking back. "I ha

he man I had once called my mate. The man who had been t

feel the weight of his gaze on my back, but it no longer mattered. Nothing he sai

in his tone. "Tessa, please. Don't leave me like

ved him-wanted to look back, wanted to take him in my arms and forgive him. But that part of me was de

and sure. "You should've thought o

its depths, the path growing darker with each step. The moonligh

ivide between the past and the present, between who I had been and who I was becoming. The woman I had be

as no longer the same. My eyes were darker, filled with an intensity I hadn't known before

been and who I was becoming were blurring, but I knew one th

ade his choice, and now it was my turn to choose. My vengeance would b

gure that emerged from the shadows wasn't Ian. It wasn't anyone I recognized at first. But then, a

nce the moment I had stepped into this world. Th

ded, my voice icy. "Wh

iberate, the confidence in his posture unmistakable

e said, his voice smooth and meas

in my mind growing stronger. What could he possibly

hing you have to say," I re

smile that didn't reach his eyes. "