Watching my girl walk from the office, her heart so clearly in pieces and me unable to do anything to help was so difficult. All I could do was hold her while she sobbed. Odyn had been forward, there with me, trying to comfort our mate. His heart felt as broken as mine, not able to heal our mate’s pain. I wanted to tell her it was us, that I was her mate when she had asked who her mate was.

I had hoped Lachlan was going to tell her, when he said her mate was here. But he found a way around it and I felt my whole body...