Liam sat numbly beside Mia's hospital bed, looking like a puppet with its strings cut, all the life drained from him.
The image of Ethan slipping the ring onto Ava's finger kept playing on a loop in his head, sharp and impossible to ignore.
He must've been seeing things.
There was no way it was real.
Why would Ava ever marry Ethan?
Today was supposed to be his and Ava's wedding day.
Even if Ava had walked away from the ceremony when Noah stood in for him, there was no way she'd suddenly turn around and marry Ethan.
He could no longer feel the mate bond, though.
Panic clawed up his throat. He snatched the phone from the nightstand, his fingers shaking so badly that he nearly dropped it, then fumbled for the power button.
The second the phone was powered on, notifications flooded th
