Looking at those two faces that looked so much like Kael's, every drop of blood in my body went cold.
Back in the master suite, I slid down the door and sat on the floor.
The slap mark on my face was still burning. My inner wolf was letting out weak, broken cries inside me. The mate and pups I had poured seven years of my heart into had stepped on me without a second thought. All for stronger bloodline interests.
I lost. I lost more completely than Lyra ever had.
Before I lost the last of my strength, I forced down the humiliation and picked up my phone to send Kael a message of surrender.
Me: Kael, I lost.
Me: I accept her and her pup. Let me move into that spare villa on the west side.
After hitting "Send", I sank into the dark in the deepest of despair.
I woke up the next mornin
