A difficult choice Troy’s POV What the hell just happened? I leaned back in my office chair, the city’s lights glinting through the glass walls, my heart still pounding from Cassie’s visit. I’d heard about mate bond, how it hit like a freight train, how a wolf knew his mate the second her scent filled his lungs. But Cassie? After all this time, why now? Why was I catching her scent when she hadn’t seemed to notice mine? Was it the curse, locking my wolf so tight I’d missed it all these years? Was she my true mate, the one the shaman swore could free me? I couldn’t deny the ecstasy, the pull that’d slammed into me like a storm. It took every damn bone in my body not to lunge for her, every muscle not to pull her close, her dress hugging her curves, her eyes brighter than I’d ever

