Chapter 85

Will’s POV

The few days I had spent away from Lacey had been horrendous, the day I had rejected her it felt like my heart was being torn into pieces. Apparently it was what the Moon Goddess did to you if you rejected your mate. Every single part of me hurt badly, every moment of the day, all I could think about was how Lacey had lied to me throughout all the years we had been together. How she had an affair behind my back.

Rejecting her had been an easy choice, what I was dealing with now was horrendous because ultimately, I still loved her regardless of the rejection. There had to be more to her story, I needed answers and I began visiting her in the dungeons, taking her bits of food or photographs of her baby. She must be feeling the strain being away from him.

Lacey looked at me as I stepped into the light, her greasy hair falling limply around her face, dark bags sit under her eyes from the lack of sleep, the cell stank of piss and vomit “Why are