Sage

The shower ran hot, steam filling the bathroom until the mirror fogged over completely. I stood under the spray, water pounding down my back, but I barely felt it. My mind was miles away, trapped in the living room downstairs, replaying the moment I’d said his name.

Darrius.

I’d lied.

Straight to her face.

Darrius Kane had never touched her family. He’d never spilled a drop of their blood. That monster had taken my own pack members over the years, but not hers. Never hers.

And yet I’d let the name fall from my lips like truth, watched the color drain from her face, watched her break all over...