~JADE~ I don’t even think I remember when the trial started. No. I shook my head mentally; this wasn’t a trial because there wasn’t even anything to try here. This was some twisted judgement-day s**t going on. This ceased to be a trial from the moment my mate didn’t even believe me or try to fight for me. After accepting Hunter’s rejection, I walked out of that tiny office space with my heart in the pit of my stomach. Could it have been naivety because he was the first man, I ever loved that I didn’t see things I probably should’ve noticed? Looking back at everything that has happened throughout the two years of our relationship, I guess I was just too naive to see things for what they were. Hunter was always territorial and possessive, and one time when I complained about it to my