Scarlet
The first night was the worst.
The moment the words left my mouth—those cold, irreversible words—something inside me shattered. It wasn’t just my heart. It wasn’t just my emotions. It was something deeper, something primal, something tied to my very existence.
The mate bond.
It howled in agony as it began to unravel.
I barely made it home before its full force hit me. My knees buckled the moment I stepped inside my bedroom, and I collapsed onto the floor, gripping my chest as if that could stop the feeling of being torn apart from the inside. My wolf screamed inside my mind, a tortured, anguished sound that echoed through every fiber of my being.
The moment I stepped into my room, its weight all came crashing down. My chest tightened, and the walls felt like they were closin
