“She’s terrified,” Aiden snarled right over him. “Her wolf is gone and the first thing she hears after waking up is this asshole talking about rejection.”
“And what exactly was I supposed to do?” I snapped back finally, years of anger and exhaustion ripping straight out of me raw. “Tell her this is some f*****g fairytale? Tell her her life magically gets better because three rogues showed up with a mate bond?”
“Yes,” Aiden roared. “Because right now she probably thinks we don’t f*****g want her.”
The words hit like a punch straight to the throat.
Because that—
that had never been the problem.
Wanting Persefone Savage was the entire f*****g problem.
Goddess.
I wanted her too much.
If things were different...
If I’d been another wolf.
Another man.
Maybe this could’ve been somethi
