Madeline’s pov. A sigh escaped my lips when my eyes fluttered open to the morning sunlight. Last night had been a night of torment I didn’t think I could go through again. The mate betrayal pain was worse than the last time. I thought I’d die. I thought I wouldn’t be able to take it but somehow, Skylar stopped whatever he was doing sometime after midnight. And so I had fallen asleep out of exhaustion. Still, I could not be completely relieved. I dreaded when he’d decide to get together with a woman again. Do I have to go through the same pain each time and almost lose my life? Why? Why do I have to be the one suffering for it? “What are you thinking about?” The voice sounded next to me. It caused my heart to miss a beat in fear as I turned my head to the side now only noticing his p