LILA POV

I read the note again and again, my hands trembling as the words burned into my mind. 

"There's nowhere you can hide, Lila... I'll always find you. You can run, you can disappear into the darkness, but you're mine. You've always been mine."

It was real. Every word. Every threat. After seven years, I thought I'd escaped. I thought I was free. But this was just the beginning of hell-Alpha Rafael's hell. 

You know how he used to say he'd make me pay? That there'd be no running, no hiding? Well, he wasn't lying. I've been paying those dues ever since. 

Seven years ago, I ran. I left...