Eleanor’s POV
I couldn't answer him.
The words were trapped in my throat, It's the truth I couldn't admit.
Because I did love him.
I loved Nickolas with every part of me. The mate bond made it impossible not to. My wolf was clawing at me, she was howling for me to stop fighting, to go to him, to let him hold me like he was meant to. The bond was intoxicating. It harder to breathe the longer I denied it.
But what did it matter?
Everything was against us.
If this ever got out, I wouldn’t just be shunned—I would be the one torn apart the most. The world wouldn’t care that Nickolas had chosen me. They wouldn’t care that we were mates. They would only see what they wanted to see—a woman who had slept with her sister’s husband on her wedding day.
They would call me vile names. A homewrec
