Edward
He left Jared to sort out his own emotions and feelings, after imparting to him just how he thought Wynta would react to him. His son wasn’t so stupid, and he would eventually come to the same conclusion. He just needed a way to calm down was all so he could think clearly and then, when he did. Things for Jared would likely just go back to normal.
He mind-linked to Marrian, ‘How’s Wynta doing?’ he asked, knowing full well he’d left that mating bond band out on purpose, to draw her curiosity to it. Would she wonder whose it was, perhaps who it was for? It was for her, of course, though he didn’t think he’d be able to get it on her so easily.
He’d gotten it out and already put his mind to it, as one did when a mating band was put on a person, one thought about who it was to be allo
