“Actually, I think if anyone should be mad, then it’s Lorey. I literally denied the Fates and abandoned her to take my place with a chick the Fates obviously didn’t pick. How about you go be mad at them for not agreeing that you were made for me.” He spits it at her, emphasizing her own words mockingly, and her instant gawping, shock, and sharp inhale makes me wince.

That had to sting. I mean, it made me flinch and it wasn’t even about me.

Colton is pissed. Majorly so. I mean, to say something as hurtful as that to the girl he’s supposedly repairing his bond with. I clock...