JASPERS POV
It wasn’t any easier, being near Violet. In fact, it was so much worse. When she spoke to me, I had to clamp down on the urge to snap at her. Her scent, the one that used to drive me insane with need, now drove me insane in all the wrong ways. She was as beautiful as ever, minus the hair, but she held no appeal to me. If it wasn’t for the sparks of our mate bond, I would consider any other annoying girl.
But she was my mate. Keeping this in the forefront of my mind, I slept next to her. I kept her wrapped in my arms and held her hand. Before dinner, I gave her a long hug, reassuring her that everything would be all right with her brother. Of course, I didn’t know if that was true or not. Garrett had seriously messed up, and his fate was out of our hands. I’d even considered t
