Brielle I couldn’t sleep, and when dawn finally creeped, I didn’t have the urge to care. I missed James. So much. A tear dropped from my eye. Zadyre said he was safe, but all I could think about is how miserable he was without me, us. And how I betrayed him, well, my body betrayed him after I let my eyes take in Zadyre in the hallway. It was the mate bond, because I swore everything about that man made my skin crawl. But I couldn’t help but see how the shirt molded his muscles, or how his eyes drew lines slowly on my body or- Stop stop. I hate myself. The mate bond was the worst thing ever, and I wish there was a way to remove it. James is the only man I’ll ever love. And I will go back to him. And we would have our soft love, just how I liked it. Not whatever Zadyre does that made