Rayne
They say love is blind.
But no one ever tells you that it also makes you stupid. Blind is manageable. You can grope your way through darkness, trip a few times, eventually find a light. But stupid? Stupid makes you stand in front of a fire and smile while it burns you alive.
It’s the only way to explain this. The only way to explain me—sitting here in this cold courtroom, feeling like the floor’s been yanked from under me and I’m still freefalling, no end in sight.
Because I had loved Reed. Gods, I had loved him.
With every inch of my being. With the kind of devotion people wrote epics about. I didn’t just love him. I lived for him. For over a decade, my entire world had revolved around him. I was the Alpha, the leader of this Pack, and yet the only person whose approval, whose smile, whose touch ever seemed to matter was his.
I gave up everything for him.
Amber.
The bond.
My fated mate.
I gave her up without flinching. Without thinking. Without hesitation.
Because Reed asked me
