“I admit I made mistakes, Leanna. I was harsh. Perhaps I was cruel. But I have never had eyes for any woman but you. Everything Bella told you was a lie. I should’ve trusted you and listened to you back then when you felt uncomfortable with me leaving her in charge. It was my mistake, and I paid dearly for it.”
I push him away, not wanting to believe his words. “You sent her a letter. It had your seal on it. You told her to get rid of me—”
“Bella had my seal!” Cedric explodes. “She forged that letter, and she admitted as much. I was going to kill her. If the pack elders had not intervened, she would have died in the same manner that she had planned for you. Both her and the princess. Vivian is not you, Leanna. She can never be you.”
My wolf wants to believe him. But my heart has become
