Waylon
He watched that Alpha be de-ranked, and he was surprised that they’d opted not to kill him for all he’d done. In his world it was likely only death would have resolved a blood debt like that. It would also resolve the issue of not being able to reject one’s own Mate.
The death of a Mate did not see the other in the Mate Bond lose their dragon, and betrayal of that kind in his world. It would be seen that the Mate would stand and watch, hoping the outcome was in fact the death of their Mate, to be free of them and keep their dragon. It was the only way out of a dragon bond where you kept your dragon.
Zane’s own family stepped over and renounced their kin bond to him. Being tied to a traitor willingly wasn’t a good thing, it also meant that you were seen as one as well. Though the
