Hunter’s POV
Jade.
Her name sat heavy on my tongue, but I couldn’t say it out loud. Not again.
Not after the way she looked at me—like I was a nightmare come to life.
She ran.
She ran from me.
And I just stood there, frozen in place, replaying the moment her wide eyes met mine and realization dawned between us. The same realization tearing through my chest right now.
She’s my mate.
The Moon Goddess had tied me—me—to Jade Winters.
The omega I tormented.
The girl I made a sport of humiliating.
The girl whose shoulders always seemed weighed down by the world.
The girl I destroyed.
My wolf was screaming.
"YOU FOOL! YOU i***t! THAT WAS OUR MATE!" His voice thundered in my head, raw with fury and heartbreak. "YOU HURT HER! OVER AND OVER! SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHERISHED!"
I staggere
