Eden’s POV . Ahhhhh! I want to kill this jerk. He just mocked me again? But what am I? His laughingstock? “Just shut up, Eden!” Slade says and I hear her soft whimper. “Our mate just kissed us.” “He just mocked us!” I growl at her, trying to compose myself so that Esme won’t see that I am really furious right now. “He didn’t” Slade tells me with a dreamy attitude. “Why the hell am I talking to you, wolf?” and looking at the door that just closed behind Ryder . It is just acting. You can do it, Eden. No matter how low he thinks about you, no matter what a jerk he is, you are a lady. You are an alpha more than a lady. Compose yourself, woman! “Are you alright, Eden?” Esme asks me and I blink a few times in shock, “You just spaced out,” she told me and placed a hand on my forehead. “