I was ruining them.
Ihadruined them.
I’d already crossed so many lines. They’d seen my eyes, my body, even… I squeezed my eyes shut.
Guilt clawed at my chest, drawing more tears to my eyes.
They couldn’t even dark bond me, not with Sin in the pack. Dark bonds and princess bonds limited a pack to only one omega. So the only option would be a normal bond, and thatwouldn’t be enough to contain the corruption—not if we were scent matches.
How was it possible I wouldn’t destroy them all?
And to that, I had no answer. I’d been weak over and over, and I would fail again.
The tiny rays of a future I’d been fighting toward—the chance at forgiveness—it was all gone, now.
But this was Sin’s pack.
Sin’s alphas.
I would break them all before he could stop me.
As I curled up in warmer arms than had ever held me before, I began to formulate a plan to save them.
11
Nine days until appeal
CRESCENT
By morning I knew what I had to do.
It was the only way, and I would only have one chance.
I slept fitfully, weaselling my way out of Karma and Sin’s arms as they slept. When I tried to leave the room, the door was locked, and I remembered Sin mentioning that it stayed locked from night until morning.
So nerves gripped my stomach as I laid in bed beside their comforting warmth, waiting for the sound of the door unlocking.
When I heard it I tried to bolt from bed, but Sin’s arm wrapped around my waist.
“Where are you going, beautiful?” he asked.
I looked back at him, trying to memorize every plane of his face so I’d always remember. “Um, just the bathroom.”
He grunted and released me, falling back into the bed. I needed to sneak past him to get out of the cell, but how? Karma’s snores were so loud they practically vibrated the mattress, but when I glanced at the other bed I met Phantom’s soft brown eyes. He was awake too.
My teeth sank into my bottom lip. I couldn’t spend a second longer with them, or the corruption could be too much.
Rushing to the bathroom, I used the toilet in the stall and then stood by the sink, staring at myself in the mirror.
How was I going to…
A throat cleared. “Mind if we come in?” Phantom asked. I could just see Sin over his shoulder. “Only one bathroom, and I desperately need a shower.”
My cheeks flushed as I flashed back to the previous day. Karma in the shower with me, abs in full view.
I had to make sure I didn’t touch Phantom like that or he’d be the next one to lose his mind and soul.
But this was an opportunity…