Isla
He actually gave up his mate of three years and his two-year-old son. Ryder had laid it all out for him, what he would lose and still, he did it. This alpha-blooded wolf before her wasn’t worthy of any Mate regardless of rank, not even a human. She hoped he was rendered Mate-less after this was all over.
She could see him feel the pain of his Mate Bond being severed, could hear Baileys’ sobs as well, but that she-wolf deserved so much better than the asshole before her. He’d lied to her right from the beginning, only Bailey didn’t know it.
She stood and waited until that filigree was fully gone from both of them. “You may now state your claim,” Isla told him.
He looked at her and reached out to touch her. She took a single step back and away from him, out of his reach. He was neve
