Chapter 105

"How could you let her play?" a voice hisses in the darkness. "You should've stopped her."

Ariadne squints into the darkness, pulling herself up. The world's still spinning, two sets of eyes watching her in the night. She's back at the hotel, recognizing the smell of the sheets.

"I had to," Ariadne says, voice raw.

"Don't." The acidic voice belongs to Anna, whose eyes are a furious red. "Don't say another word, or I'm gonna come over there and punch you right in the nose."

"Anna, come on." It's Dustin, arms folded, green orbs glowing in the night. "She's been through enough."

Anna slams a glass on the table, pointing the finger at the Alpha. "God, I will shoot you myself if you don't shut up."

"I thought I could win," Ariadne grumbles, heat burning through her body, an utter and complete shame. "I didn't think—"

"You didn't think," Anna spits. "It was a trap, and you—"

Ariadne's tears spill out of her face as she looks at her hands. "Anna- we-we didn't really have a choice. We never d