“Esme,” I stifled a sob when I heard a familiar female voice, wiping my cheeks as I did but she’d already heard me crying. She pulled the blanket away from my face and sighed, looking worried. “What did he do?” she spoke softly with a voice full of concern.
I shook my head and sat up slowly but froze when Scarlett unexpectedly pulled me in for a hug. I didn’t realize how much I needed it till she did. Aila was the only one who ever hugged me at Silver Moon, so it wasn’t something I was used to. To the others, I was just a filthy piece of s**t. I wrapped my arms around her for a minute until I started to feel better, and when I pulled away, she still looked worried.
“Esme,” she paused, studying my face “I know it’s not going to be easy being mated to a man like Draven. He doesn’t know how
