Valentina POV
“I love you too” I respond, while my tears are spilling over. ‘Ace will be fine. He will come back to us’ Vixen tries to soothe me, but nothing can make it better right now. If only I had been paying more attention to my surroundings. If I hadn’t allowed myself to get darted like that, I could have fought. I should have fought.
Tommy stiffens, and it’s only now that I realize what I said. We have told each other “love ya” in the past, but it didn’t quite feel the same as it does now. Everything between us feels different now. Is that because he found his fated mate? Or perhaps I am the only one feeling it?
After some uncomfortable silence, our bubble gets interrupted by a knock on the door. Sensing it is Lydia, I move to sit up straight. Our hands are still entwined, and
