I follow Theo into his room. He is not speaking to me, and I can sense his anger growing as Seth tells us his plan. He opens the door to his room and enters. I am about to enter too when he bars my path.

I look up at him, and his eyes flash as he glowers down at me. His fists are tightly clutching the frame of the door.

“Theo...” I whisper.

He radiates waves of anger, and I am suffocating from it. I don’t get it. When we broke our mate bond, I thought I had his trust. I told him, right? That with or without the mate...