Gideon’s POV “I’m doing everything in my power to marry Gideon as soon as possible.” I had just finished tracking my fianc? to this cabin in the middle of nowhere after she scurried away, when I heard Avery’s words carry easily outside the door. Wary anger flushed over me. I hadn’t gotten the impression Avery had genuinely wanted to marry me, and now this felt like confirmation that it was all a plan to manipulate me. Earlier I had been talking to Tegan when I’d felt a strange rush that I’d only felt once before. The feeling of my mystery mate drawing on my power in a time of need. It had shocked and thrilled me. It meant she was close! I had rushed down the path as the power surged, and saw a woman standing there, using the power to quell a group that was confronting her. Adrenaline

