Tonia's POV
Long after Tonia thought I left, I lingered in the hallway, staring at my hands that suddenly felt so empty now that I was no longer holding her.
The mate bond, the same thrum I had felt the night of the party, when I had seen her standing, fully drenched like a dog under a heavy thunderstorm tugged at me again.
It made no sense how strongly I could feel the bond when she herself hadn't felt a thing.
I didn't want to describe my mate as 'wolfless.' I despised the word and hearing others say it to her in such a derogatory way angered me.
It made up one of the reasons I hadn't held back in humiliating that Alpha of the Phoenix Pack. To me, he deserved every little bit of what he got that night.
Every step I took away from the room made my heart clenched with resistance and
