~ Gemma Isaac’s POV~
I’ve been avoiding my mate for a while now, but no one knows if she’s got my mark. At our mating ritual, I marked her. Only a select few individuals are aware that Kate and I never mated. I am a firm believer in the mate bond and the importance of waiting for one’s destined mate. I awaited the arrival of my mate. I’d never had intercourse with anybody before, but I wanted to experience everything with my mate. Only to be assigned a mate who has already mated. I love my mate, but the notion of her with another man broke my heart. Kate made no complaint about the fact that I never touched her. However, I am aware that she is in agony. I’m aware she wants me, but she is powerless to act on it. I was the first to find my mate, despite the fact that I waited seven years fo
