“I . . . I didn’t—” My voice shattered. I would lose Ruarc. I would lose him. My eyes burned. He wouldn’t put up with a betrayal like this. He shouldn’t. He deserved better. More. Not me. Not my baggage, not the evil hunting me, and not the darkness buried so deep inside me it had become a part of who I was. I slid down the car, knees almost buckling when my feet hit the hard ground.
