Kayla
The car was quiet at first, save for the low hum of the engine and the faint swish of the wipers brushing snow off the windshield. Noah didn’t say a word as we watched Nicholas speed away—not that I could blame him. We were both just sitting there in shock for different reasons that ultimately boiled down to the same person.
Nicholas.
I still couldn’t believe that he had used the mate bond against me. I could forgive the other stuff, but using the bond to force a kiss on me, just to drive home his half-baked point?
I wasn’t sure if I could forgive that.
Finally, after staring at the retreating cloud of snow behind Nicholas’s car for a long moment, Noah sighed and put the car in drive. I sank down a little in my seat as he pulled away from the side of the road and
