_Matteo's POV_ As I stood face to face with the man who had been caught with Thalassa, my wolf Shadow's voice echoed in the depths of my mind, urging me to reconsider. "He's lying," Shadow insisted, his tone filled with conviction. "Thalassa would never betray us." But I couldn't bring myself to heed Shadow's words, not when the evidence of Thalassa's betrayal was etched so clearly in my mind. I had seen with my own eyes the passion between her and the other man, the way they had clung to each other in our bed as if nothing else mattered. With a heavy heart, I silenced Shadow's protests, unwilling to entertain the possibility that Thalassa's actions were anything less than a betrayal of the deepest kind. "We both saw it, Shadow," I countered, my voice filled with bitterness. "Thalassa c