Chapter 11

Veronica's POV

It sting me like another betrayal.

I was in over my head and forgot why I was exiled here in the first place, forgot that I had no one to trust.

“You can never leave here, Veronica.”

His words echoed in my mind.

I knew that he was probably tasked to oversee me. That it means nothing for him every night he sneaks in my room. I knew that he would side with his pack. That it will be his priority and not me.

We were not friends or anything.

I just hoped… a little.

The random kindness and care seeped into me somewhere along our nights together. I tried to deny it.

But the truth is, I have been lonely, empty, and somber for a long time now. The bits of attention somehow became my oasis to quench this unending thirst for someone. Something, anything, I can hold onto.

For a second there, it was red eyes that were my anchor.

Yet reality is cruel. He is just like them. He does not side with me.

I am alone. As always, I am alone.

I curled on the bed and squeezed my e