Thorn POV
Atticus is barely holding on to his control, and I'm fairing no better. "Thorn, stand down. Fawn is more than capable of handling this," my mother says. My eyes snap to hers. She raises her eyebrows, daring me to defy her. I look back at Fawn, and she nods but threads her fingers through mine. I don't know if it's to ground her or me. I step back to her side, my eyes meeting Seth's again. He is staring at Fawn like she is his everything.
It's too bad he didn't treat her that way to begin with. His loss is most certainly my gain. She will never wonder where she stands with me. "Seth, we are over. There is no going back after what you have done. The minute you betrayed me, our bond was destroyed," she says. "You don't mean that. You love me. You're hurt, and you have every right
