Ember's POV

I caressed the blue moon mark on Arabella's arm, crested on her by the Theta, my heart aching.

It was all his fault!

"Brandon!" I gritted my teeth in anger, my heart burning in rage. It was his fault Arabella is in this situation, it was his fault that she is this weak and it's his fault that she was born prematurely and forced to suffer this way.

Tears glistened in my eyes as I considered the possibility of Arabella not ever connecting to her wolf.

After helping out with taking Arabella's pain, Alec left angrily, not saying a word to me or baiting an eye at the...