KADE’S POV
Time, the only thing I knew mattered when I heard Zaya spell out her hatred for me to Jade. She didn’t want me she said. She could never want me, she swore and as I stood back there, listening to all that she had to say, I was tempted to make her chew out her words.
I was tempted to get her to the point where only I mattered in her life, but that would be too much work – something I made myself believe.
I had a mate, and although I couldn’t be with her like I wanted because she was taken from me, I had her regardless and it didn’t matter if I had started to grow soft from the ruthless man I was.
I could still be that man. I was still him.
And soft wasn’t something I wanted, but damnit if I said I didn’t feel it towards Zaya.
I wanted to punish her for a lot of things her
