Freya’s POV I backed away from the kitchen door, fidgeting with my sweatshirt. I couldn’t fully process what I was hearing. Ezren loved someone else. My heart plummeted to my feet. Was I her replacement? Did he see her when we were together? Was he only kind to me because he wished I were her? My thoughts collided like cars, and I wanted to run from the wreckage. I pressed my lips and cursed myself for thinking we could be more than a contract relationship. I fisted my hands at my sides and hissed with the pain it brought. I couldn’t trust anyone with my emotions. Not Kael, no Ezren. I was so naive about everything. I wasn’t a teenager. I was the Alpha of the Silvermoon pack, and I was twenty-six years old. I was old enough to know better. s*x was s*x. I took a deep breath, pushed do

