Danika’s P.O.V.

“Then why?” I asked, my voice tinged with a mix of curiosity and pain. “Why did you return to me?

It made sense back then, but now I don’t have a wolf. I’m not whole, and our mate bond is gone. You must want something from me to have come back. What is it?”

“You ask why I returned to you?” he repeated, his voice steady but filled with emotion. “My conscience… it wouldn’t even let me take a breather. I came back because I realized something vital.

When I was away, every day felt incomplete—like a part of me was missing. Since I left you there, I...