Chapter 181

CLARA’S POV Kade’s room stank. That bitch’s scent was everywhere, and as he slammed the door behind me, uncaring that he’d left me alone in his bedroom, I was sure I was going to choke on her sickly-sweet floral scent. But that was the least of my problems at the moment. I could feel the leash—the one I’d so meticulously woven around Kade’s neck since I reentered his life—slipping. His words seemed to echo around me, bouncing around the walls of his room like a cruel taunt. ‘Andrea is my mate, and one day, she’ll be my Luna.’ “Fuck,” I whispered as the reality of what just happened came crashing in. He was going to her—leaving me. I bolted for the door, tearing it open. “Kade!” I rushed down the upstairs hallway, down the flight of stairs, and yanked open the heavy front door. “Kade!” His car peeled out of the courtyard in front of the house. The tires squealed against the paved path like he couldn’t get away fast enough. “Kade!” I rushed down the stairs—the very one we’d been stargazi