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Their gazes locked and the world paused.

Breeana's grip on her towel tightened as she saw her mate for the first time in days.

She had been avoiding him. What else could she have done? Even if all she wanted to do had been to run to him and beg him to be hers and hers alone. She couldn't be selfish yet she knew that seeing him would weaken her resolve.

Maybe she would have changed her mind if she hadn't entered the pack house to find out that Reece had given in and decided to choose a consort. Her replacement.

It had hurt to hear it. Hurt so much that she thought she would die from the pain.

So she had avoided him. She only came out of the connecting room after she was sure he had left the room or gone to bed.

Breeana had spoken to Alex immediately after she had heard the news before he did something crazy like telling Reece everything.

Alex understood why she was hiding the truth, Ari was his sister as well and the last thing he wanted was for her to get booted out of the pack or wor