Third Person's POV
Seraphina snapped her mouth shut. She looked up, totally caught off guard.
"What?"
"Now that you've broken the mating bond with Mortimer. Would you be happy if I said I liked you?"
Caldwell watched her dead-on, a sudden, sharp intensity flaring in his wolfish eyes.
The unexpected question left her completely speechless.
After a long, heavy pause, she finally found her voice. "Are you trying to comfort me, too?"
Before he could answer, she let out a quick laugh. "You're just like my mom. It's only a broken bond, Caldwell. It's not the end of the world."
She met his gaze earnestly. "Seriously, don't play the mom card. I honestly don't care about Mortimer anymore, and I'm not sad about breaking the bond."
Caldwell stayed silent. He just stood there, quietly watchin
