Patience's POV
I returned to Ironclaw and saw Kelsey already sitting on the living room sofa, waiting for me with a dark expression.
"Patience, do you really want to divorce me that badly?" he opened the conversation, a flicker of resentment in his voice.
"There's no reason for our mating to continue," I stood in the center of the room, keeping a distance. My tone was calm but firm.
"You're going to break your oath before the Moon Goddess over these trivial things? What do you even think a mating bond is?" Kelsey's voice rose, clearly irritated.
"What Madison and Hattie did to me—is that trivial? Your relationship with Hazel—is that trivial?"
"They've already paid the price. Isn't that enough?" he immediately countered.
I found his logic laughable. Just because the aggressors paid a
