A High Price

-Corrine-

Trevor’s words hurt more than any silver weapon ever could.

I stopped in my tracks as he closed his mouth, shifting the hatred from his words to his eyes.

I couldn’t believe he could hate me this deeply… as deeply as he once loved me as his sister.

“Trevor…” I reached out, intending to touch him. But fear of rejection haunted me, and I pulled back. “I hope you didn’t mean what you just said,” I finally said.

Trevor said nothing and turned to leave. I waited until he got into his car, hoping he would look back at me once more, so I could be sure that some affection for me remained in him.

But until his car drove out of the parking lot, he didn’t look at me once.

I never expected to pay such a high price just to be with my mate.

*

If I thought my encounter with Trevor was the worst thing to happen to me today, I was terribly wrong.

When I finally returned to Andrew’s mansion, the first person I saw was Leana. She seemed fully recovered, standing there arrogantly, staring at