Elena POV
“When he went to wind borne,” she said. “We all expected him to come back empty handed like all the other times. In fact, no one expected much from the trip.”
“Knowing I was his true mate didn’t stop you though.” I said lightly.
“At first,” she said. “We were all shocked when he brought you here, but when we found out you were a slave in your previous pack and saw how he treated you, we realized it didn’t matter even if you were his mate.
He didn’t want you but he was too much of a stickler for the old ways to reject you outright without you making some kind of huge mistake. But I guess we were wrong.”
“Yes.” Draven said in a low voice as he pinned his gaze on her. “You were wrong.”
“I know there’s no redemption for me,” she lowered her head, her voice hardening, “but if I
