The Inevitable

OCTAVIA'S POV.

A week after Alpha Jeremy broke off his mate bond with Athena, he had become like someone else entirely. I wondered if that was what happened when a person broke off their mate bond, or Alpha Jeremy had just become hopeless, and pessimistic.

He had come and had sat at the dinner table without saying anything, placing a hand on his heart countless times subconsciously, but I didn't dare talk to him.

I already knew what he was trying to do. He was trying to make me do or say something, so he'd have reason to vent his anger on me and do something that would hurt me just as bad as he was hurting.

I wasn't about to let that happen.

After that, he had resorted to staying on his own. It felt like he had turned the garden to his room. He didn't change clothes, nor did he take a bath. He was gloomy, cranky, and somewhere within the week, I had tried to talk to him.

The elders had been worried about his behaviour, and had told me it was my duty as his wife to find out how to heal