CHAPTER 82: SIREN

ARTEMIS POV

"Artemis, where are you going?" Jasper's voice calls out to me, but I ignore him.

All I want is to escape this rowdiness, to find solitude far away from Sera and her all-too-perfect moment with fucking Lucian.

I push my way through the crowd, heading toward an old shack in the distance.

How dare she? After everything I've done for her, she chooses to hang out with that jerk? Laugh with him?

She's never laughed like that with me. Never twirled her hair around her finger while I talked to her, never looked at me with eyes that twinkled quite so brightly.

With each thought, my chest tightens further, the knot of emotions becoming almost unbearable. My wolf dies a little by the second, stabbed down with a dreadful feeling.

"Artemis?" A new voice pierces through my storm, pulling me out of my misery.

I look up.

"Zoya?" I say, hoping I've remembered her name correctly.

The wide smile she gives me right before engulfing me in a hug lets me know I was spot on.

She's the first