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I grabbed his hand. “We need to go.” He looked on the verge of giving in and doing what he’d just said.

He didn’t budge, like he hadn’t heard me. “What he did, the way he…rubbed against you?” A look of disgust covered his face. “I should cut his fucking dick off. I should gut him and watch him bleed out. I should—”

“Ren. Breathe.” I grabbed his face to get his attention, because he was still looking at that door with murder in his eyes. “Ren,” I said with more force. His gaze slid to me, and his eyes flashed. “Let’s go, okay? We need to go. Someone might’ve called the police. We need to get out of here.”

His fierce gaze dipped to my lips. “Jaz.” He swallowed, his Adam’s apple sliding up and down. “Butterfly,” he said roughly.

I tried to step back, but his fingers thrust into my hair, then his mouth crashed down on mine.

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Chapter 23

Ren

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Oh fuck.

Yes, this is what I needed. Jaz’s warm curves pressed to mine, her soft lips. She was all I wanted, all I needed. I was so in love with this female. So insanely in love with her, I couldn’t think straight.

I’d been in love with her for a long time, but I hadn’t allowed myself to feel it, to recognize it. I hadn’t believed I deserved it. That male had touched her and I’d seen red and everything fucking snapped into place.

Edward had possessed me, poisoned me with his evil, broken me, but Jasmine was putting me back together, piece by jagged piece.

I groaned against her mouth—

Then I realized she was utterly stiff in my arms. Her lips were pressed tightly together. I tried to coax her to kiss me back, but she kept her mouth firmly closed.

My fox growled, the sound vibrating in my chest. She shoved at me, hard, and that was when I realized it wasn’t the first time.

I loosened my grip on her, and she yanked her mouth from mine. “No, Ren,” she bit out. “Let me the hell go.”

Oh fuck. “I’m sorry, I thought—”

“That I’d want you to kiss me? Making out with the first female you see when you’re struggling to deal with your emotions isn’t working for you anymore, Ren. I thought you were starting to see that.” She stepped back. “Jesus.” She dragged the back of her hand across her mouth as if my kiss disgusted her. “Let’s just get the hell out of here.”

My heart smashed against my ribs. “I’m sorry,” I said, feeling fucking wrecked. Looking at the coldness in her eyes was a slap in the face. My fox whined, confused. Why didn’t our mate want us anymore? Why wouldn’t she look at us like she used to? I wanted to snatch her back in my arms and kiss her until the female I knew came back. Because Jasmine had never looked at me like that, not as long as I’d known her.

That warmth was completely gone when she looked at me now. A couple weeks ago, she’d wanted me. Now. She didn’t.

“I’ll take you home.”

She strode off ahead to the hearse.

You missed your chance.

Agatheena’s words echoed through my head.

I’d fucked up so badly. I’d truly lost her.

A piece of shit like you never deserved a female like that, the voice in my head hissed, Edward’s voice. Self-loathing filled me. He was gone, but echoes of his evil, his poison remained.

We drove in silence, because I didn’t know what the hell to say.

When we stopped outside the house and Jasmine got out, I felt her pulling away even more.

There had to be something I could do to fix this.