“I don’t know,” Dash shrugged, sharing a confused look with Simone. He still hadn’t released her, which was making my lycan pace frantically in my head.
My beautiful Simone.
She looked absolutely perfect. My memory hadn’t done her beauty justice at all. Her honey-colored hair was longer now, falling in waves past her waist, and there was a glow to her skin that made the empty space where my heart used to be hurt with longing. But she was pointedly trying to ignore me, I realized, keeping her gaze fixed anywhere but on my face.
That hurt more than I’d expected. I’d dreamed of this moment for months, imagined what it would be like to see her again, and she wouldn’t even look at me.
Finn came from behind me and patted my shoulder. “I think I know what happened.”
They all looked at him ex
