Jay Merlot – POV
I loved Melody Madison as much as I hated her.
She was everything to me.
Sometimes, I felt I would lay the entire world at her feet if she so much as hinted at it. But most times... most times, I wished she didn’t exist.
And yet, she did.
And because she did, my world was held together by the fragile strings of her affection - and today, those strings were stretched thinner than ever.
"You... are you going to take another woman as your mate?"
The trembling voice dragged my attention away from my thoughts and back to the omega standing in front of me. Samantha.
Her face was pale, her expression pitiful. The sight of her, my true mate - made something in me recoil. And yet, deep within, something else stirred. Pity, perhaps. Or guilt.
I was annoyed, yes. But I was a
