-Joanne- Holy smokes. What did I do? It was exactly two days since I rejected Liam and gave in to Isaac. I grinned, my skin heating up at the thought of what we did. The bruises on my back still hadn’t healed from the way he f****d me against that tree. I clenched my thighs, fighting the rising arousal. I thought I would feel broken and sad about losing this bond inside me. But damn, I never felt freer. This burden, this weight that kept me down had disappeared. My clouded mind was fully clear, and I felt happy. There was no lingering heat hurting me, forcing me to harm myself, there was no pain from Liam’s betrayal anymore, nothing. Only a sense of peace. And best of all, the feelings I had for Isaac were real. He wasn’t another mate of mine, or however that mate bond worke

