CHAPTER 28
Kaden ran through the gardens without looking back, because staying near the princess for another second would have made leaving impossible.
His chest burned with each step he took away from her as the mate bond protested the distance he was creating between them.
This couldn't be real because fate wouldn't be cruel enough to make his mate the one person he needed to kill.
But the pull he felt toward her was undeniable in ways that made his whole body ache with the wrongness of running from her.
He made it back to the inn within minutes while his mind raced through everything that had just happened. The moment their eyes met replayed over in his head like a curse he couldn't escape.
The way his wolf had recognized her instantly as belonging to him. The overwhelming need
