Kody P O V
A Breaking Point
Everything about this was stupid.
Fighting for trust when the bond was already there—vital, strong, and powerful.
Mishele was my mate. My other half. The one that Destiny had chosen for me, yet here I was, fighting like a fool to earn something that should have been effortless between us.
And yet… it wasn’t.
Because I failed her.
I knew so little about her past, but that wasn’t the problem. The problem was that I refused to look back. I didn’t want her to relive whatever pain she had endured. I thought moving forward was the answer. I thought keeping her in the present, protecting her, shielding her from everything—including myself—was what was best.
But I was wrong.
Thinking about it made my chest ache. I had ignored her—not out of malice, not out of
