"Then she came home one day and told me Anthony was her mate, I was furious, he had a wife, and she was willing to see past that. He had two daughters too, and she didn’t seem fazed, which made guilt eat at me, angered me. I knew I did the wrong thing, but I had to keep up the lie by then, realizing she didn’t care and would be disgusted with me for abandoning my family. Anthony, I found out, told her straight away, and she didn’t mind, neither did his wife, she understood mate bonds were sacred, and both were willing to share. Katherine would have marked her so that he wouldn't have lost his family or been put in a position to choose.”
“Then why didn’t you come clean?” I demand.
“Because I was a coward, and I also didn’t want to share her, not with anyone, so I asked Jackson to force he
