Azriel POV
her face, her scent, and all that came with her have been imprinted on my mind since the day I set my eyes on her. This was wrong, she was my brother's mate, his woman but what could I do when I was consumed by her existence? Adira Wade was an impressive woman, a little naive, or maybe she pretended to be because she would know that Wyatt was keeping things from her. He was tied to another woman by oath and even though he thinks it would be easy to end it it surely wasn't. He was King but what is a king without his word?
Adira was avoiding me today and I wondered why. I found myself going to her. She was startled but calm at my erratic behavior, even though I didn't know why.
" You're avoiding me,"
" Not at all," she lied. " I'm busy,"
" You're avoiding me. Did I do some
