Serina
I felt it. At that moment, everything between us changed.
I didn’t need a blood or mating bond to see all the goodness in Hunter switch off.
It was like everything was in slow motion. Luke and Cassy stood in the doorway as we lay entangled, our breathing still heavy. But I knew as Hunter looked back at me, his eyes meeting mine, there would be no sign of that unspeakable emotion that had bloomed only moments ago.
‘The castle has fallen; the King is dead.’
Luke’s words silenced the room. Rang in my ears as I looked up into Hunters’ ever-darkening eyes.
I saw the moment he shut me out.
It hurt more than it should.
His hands turned to fists above me, his whole body vibrating with tension. He launched off me, grabbing and throwing on his trousers, and stormed out the door. Luke
