Ruby is blocking me, I am sure of it. I need to be with her. I want to be with her. But then there is Rose. I betrayed our mate bond tonight. I think I need to arrange to speak to Rose. Do I want to reject her? Do I think I want to look to make Ruby my chosen mate if she would have me? The connection with her is different. It felt real.

I don’t understand what went on. But she had something that Rose didn’t. A personality for a start. But I felt something with Ruby, like I hadn’t felt with anyone before. Maybe I have been...