Jaxen POV
Spending the rest of my life with her? I’d never let myself think that far.
Her accusation hit the air between us and hung there, heavy and sharp. I pressed my lips together, saying nothing. What the hell was there to say? Marrying her hadn’t exactly been my choice. It was my mother and Regina pushing, Scarlett chasing me relentlessly—back then, it felt like the only way to shut everyone up and keep the peace.
“You never planned on keeping me around forever,” she whispered. “Even if Liliana hadn’t come back, you would’ve kicked me to the curb eventually.”
The silence that followed was thick enough to choke on. Her ginkgo leaves scent wrapped around me, now edged with frustration and something raw that made my wolf pace restlessly inside my chest.
Why the hell does she think
