"I'm so sorry, Adara. Looks like I am going to have to make use of your mate this time." Wrapping my hand around his, I smiled and nodded subtly, making Thorne’s grin widen. He always took my silence as permission. He always mistook control for surrender. Leaning in, Thorne hugged me and I let him. His hug was different from Orion's. Full of possession, dominance and raw hunger to take control. In the past, it always scared me whenever I saw the way he acted with Adara. "What are you two doing?" Orion's voice rang out sending a shiver down my spine. His jaw clenched as he walked up to us. "He has a mate. What are you doing with him in a private room when he is already claimed. Don't you know better?" He asked, holding my gaze. My breath hitched as I stared at him. Was he really sayin

