---- involved with me! You gave me hope, then took everything away. Now I'm miserable, and it's all your fault. Weren't you trying to repay me? Is this how you repay someone who saved your mate's life?" Ethan stared into the distance. "You're right. It started out as repayment. How did it come to this?" He asked. Lyla didn't stop there. "You comforted me, protected me, and made me believe you had feelings for me. You're so perfect. How could I not fall for you? But now that Madeline's gone, you take it all out on me. You let the Razor Fang Pack treat me like dirt!" She threw the marking ring and the expensive moonstone necklace at his feet. "Here. Take it all back. I wish I had never met you! Your so-called gratitude pushed me into an even deeper abyss. Because of you, I've been abandoned by all my friends and family! I hate you! I curse you to lose everyone you love!" ---- With that, Lyla turned and left without looking back. Ethan's face was pale as a sheet. Those final words, ' lose everyone you love', hit him like a hammer. His entire body trembled violently. Blood suddenly spurted from his mouth, and he collapsed to the ground.