Chapter Forty-Five

Max

After I leave Rayne's room, I feel like absolute shit and garbage.

I didn't mean to say those things to her. I didn't intend to be so harsh. Everything I said to her was only a way of trying to keep her from telling anyone what we discussed last night, which was foolish of me by the way, as I should've been more careful. I shouldn't have allowed the moon’s pull to affect my mind in such a way that I told my deepest secret to a stranger. It was reckless of me.

Rayne is a stranger. There is no denying that. Although I know her story and she knows mine, nothing changes the fact that we’re strangers. I know that what I felt last night was not what I feel today, but that was lunacy. It’s like I went crazy for a bit, which isn’t so shocking considering that it’s not the first time this has happened.

The first time I confessed my feelings for Alaska, the same thing happened. I had a drink and then went to her room while I was spending some time at GrayLeaf with Albert. She laughed at m