“Get away from her!” Troy says.
Our beautiful moment is broken by his demands as Kole and I part reluctantly.
“Kierra is my mate,” Troy continues, his eyes red with fury. “She’s always been mine and she will always be mine.”
Troy turns to me and I see all his pain, which is concerning. It’ll give him the kind of strength we don’t want him to have right now.
“I messed up,” Troy says. “I get that. I should’ve stood up for you more. I should’ve stood up for us. I shouldn’t have let other people get in my head like that.
“But I’m sorry, Kierra. I truly am sorry. And if you give me another chance, I’ll do so much better.
“My priorities were messed up before. I didn’t even realize that at the time, but they were. I was focused too much on status, popularity, power. All the things that ar
