LUCIEN’S POV
I looked at Elaine fast asleep after the s*x we had. I was drowning in guilt, feeling filthy after betraying Corrigan in this manner. Hard to believe, even as Alpha with no restrictions, I had not slept with any of the ladies that were paraded around me night and day. Many times I had tried to be sexually involved with several women, even in exile but lacked the courage to pull through. I had spent my life holding all that I had shared with Corrigan but she could never find that out. I already looked weak in her sight, and she detested me so much she took flight into the wild, not caring for her safety. Outside where the rogues roamed that sought my life, my mate had fled and I had no trace of her.
As I thought about her whereabouts, I remembered the necklace I had handed he
