Cassandra could not stop condemning herself for her action and though she had spent the previous night nursing Hunter while he fell asleep, she had left him early that morning so he wouldn't see her. She couldn't face him, not after she had betrayed him. She had protected their enemy and had attacked him instead; she had attacked her mate. Cassandra couldn't forgive herself and she kept cursing at herself for being so out of control. She could have just stayed back as Hunter had asked. That way, she wouldn't have committed such an abomination against her pack.
Cassandra could not stop thinking about Hunter covering up for her. Why had he lied to Nick and everyone else? Why had he blamed Yakob when she had been the one to hurt him? It made her feel worse: the fact that he was still prote
