Reese POV
"Mom, do you think there is any chance she will reject her second chance mate and come back to me if I can prove to her how sorry I am?" I hate the sympathy I see in her eyes. "No, Reese, I don't. I know I wouldn't. Betrayal is one of the worst things a person can experience. Besides the pain of infidelity, the feeling of not being good enough can tear a person apart," she says.
Her words feel like she is speaking from experience, but I know there is no way she knows about all my father has done. Guilt bubbles up inside me. Here she is comforting me after all I've done, and I'm keeping my father's dirty secrets. Mom is right. It's time I start doing the right thing. "My sister's first mate betrayed her with her best friend right after I mated with your father."
"Aunt Gwen ha
