"Going back where?" Sofia asked, her brow furrowing. "Back to the apartment?"
Bella didn't look up. She let a single, perfect tear roll down her cheek, her shoulders trembling with a simulated sob. "No, Sofia... I'm leaving for good. I can't stay."
"Why?" Sofia's voice was rising with confusion and worry. "What happened?"
"Alpha Damien..." Bella choked out, finally looking at Sofia with wide, red-rimmed eyes. "He thinks I had a hand in your condition. He grabbed me by the throat, Sofia. He pinned me against the wall and threatened to kill me. He said if anything happened to you, he'd end my life. I'm terrified. I was only trying to help you, but I realize now that as long as I'm near you, he'll always see me as a threat."
Sofia's frown deepened. She knew Damien was protective, but the idea of him physically threatening a girl who was already an outcast made her blood boil.
"Bitch," Damien's voice echoed sharply through the room.
