Declan. “Mom.” I slammed the door shut behind me as I stormed her suite. “Yes, dear”, she answered as she emerged from her room. Usually, she would rush to hug me. It was not lost on me that today she didn’t. She folded her arms over her thin dressing gown and watched me apprehensively. I would be hurt, but she always kept some distance between us, even in the brief moments she fawned over me. I acted out a lot as a kid just to get some real hands on parenting, but they let me off with a warning every time. Didn’t they know that you were only supposed to get a single warning before facing the consequences? “How sure are you that they were mates?” I interrogate her. If Faith was telling the truth and Kyle was her mate, then…………. Connor couldn’t have been her mate. Seconds chances were