The mention of the Apex made my blood boil. “Is that what this is about? Him? You think one night with the Apex means more than those years with me?”
“I think he saw me,” she said quietly. “In one night, he saw me. Really saw me. Not as a secret or a convenience or something to be hidden. He saw me and claimed me in front of the most powerful wolves alive. That’s more than you’ve ever done.”
Rage and panic warred inside me. I was losing her. Actually losing her. And I couldn’t– I wouldn’t–
“You can have both,” I blurted out. “The mate bond with him and… us. I’ll accept it. I’ll share you if that’s what it takes to keep you in my life. Just please, don’t cut me out completely. Don’t throw away eight years because of one night.”
She stared at me like I’d grown a second head. “You’ll sha
