-Dean-
I couldn’t believe it. Everything had been explained to me, and I couldn’t grasp the extent of what I had missed. Carter—he had taken Skylar from me, from all of us, because he thought I was holding her back. He believed I was keeping her all to myself.
But it was Skylar who had told me she wanted to be with her mate, but perhaps at that time, she still believed I was her mate or refused to accept otherwise. And look at what it had cost her. Look at what it had cost Carter—shot dead by my sister after he tried to kill her.
Bella... the hell she had endured just trying to help me. I didn’t think I could love her more than I already did and still be so angry at her. She shouldn’t have done all of that. She shouldn’t have gotten herself into so much trouble for me and almost been
