KADE
I wished Sloane liked Ronan, even just one tiny bit. Even just enough to tolerate him being around without looking like she wanted to murder him with her bare hands. But the tone in her voice when she talked about him was absolutely venomous, dripping with hatred and disgust. She didn't just dislike Ronan, she despised him with every fiber of her being.
And the worst part, the part that made me feel like the biggest piece of s**t on the planet, was that Ronan wasn't even actually my mate. He wasn't.
But I didn't want Sloane to know that truth because a selfish part of me wanted her to believe it was the mate bond controlling my feelings. I wanted her to think I had no choice in caring about Ronan, that some mystical force was making me protect him and keep him around.
But that was
