Everything was crumbling down, but I couldn’t stop fighting. Jace doesn’t trust me, and now I found out he is my freaking mate, one that rejected me.
If he thinks I will accept his rejection, he is wrong. I will fight for this bond, even if he doesn’t want me to.
I should have trusted him more, but when you discover that everything you’ve been told is a lie… it is hard. I needed some time to process all the information, and once I did, it was already too late.
As I walked up the path to the house, I straightened my shoulders, forcing myself to look composed. Allen had always thrived on exploiting weakness, and I couldn’t give him the satisfaction of knowing how shattered I felt.
The truth Jace uncovered wasn’t just about my betrayal of him—it was about me, about the lies Allen had w
