LANCELOT’S POV:
There it is! It’s crawling through me, seizing me, undeniable and undiminished - our mate-bond!
When our kiss deepens, the facts that I’m now a married man to a pregnant wife and that Eve was the one who gave up on us first come to me.
I abruptly pull away, catching my breath.
Doubts and guilt clash in my heart, and I can sense the same in Eve’s posture.
“I’m sorry,” I whisper, unable to look her in the eyes again.
I turn around and without gazing back, adds, “I’ll go outside for a moment. Stay with Axcel in my bedroom while I’m away.”
I grab my coat from the rack as I hurry out of the suite. Everything around me turns to blur, and the only thing that’s in my head is the mate-bond I still share with Eve.
After she gave up on us, I tried my best to forget her, to
