King Nathan
I was overwhelmed with guilt as I held my mate. I didn't want to choose between my fated mate and my family, but that doesn't excuse the way I treated her. Ember deserves so much more than what she has been given. I know her parents were trying to protect her by hiding her away, and it was my father she was hiding from. I'm not responsible for my father or his choices, but that did nothing to ease the guilt.
"I'm so sorry," I mumbled against her neck as I held onto her. She gripped me like I was her lifeline. She didn't realize she was mine. She is everything I've been waiting for.
"You have nothing to be sorry for, my king," she sniffled.
"I shouldn't have treated you that way. You didn't deserve it, and I'm sorry, Ember." I took hold of her cheeks, lifting her eyes to mi
