David Excruciating pain shoots through my body, something I’ve never experienced before. “Liar,” King snorts as we both try to comprehend where we are. It’s black, nothing around us. I can’t feel anything under or around me. The only thing that is moving through my body is the pain. King is correct. The only other time I felt this much pain was when I rejected Theresa. The painful reminder that I had to take a chosen mate all because my father told me it was the right thing to do and that we must rectify the decisions of our ancestors. I wanted nothing more than to appease my father and for him to be proud of the person I’d become. I don’t know what set us off, but when one of my warriors showed me a photo of Oliver and his mate, I lost it. I knew exactly who she was. She looked exactl

