*This Isn't Over* Harden's Pov: Before I could respond, she hung up. The sharp beep of the disconnected line rang in my ear, and I stared at the phone, disbelief and rage flooding my system. How could she refuse me? How could she be so heartless? I threw the phone onto the desk, the force rattling everything around it. This isn't over, not until I say so. I stood up, pacing back and forth in my office, frustrated. The urge to break something awakened inside of me. If Elara thinks she can reject me, she’s wrong. I wasn’t going to let her go that easily. She belonged to me, whether she admitted it or not. I couldn’t stop thinking about her, about how she used to look at me with those bright eyes before everything fell apart. She used to trust me, used to care about me. And just when I

