Jude’s POVIt took me a few seconds to comprehend what he said, a few more seconds to comprehend why the hell he said it like it was a death sentence instead of a blessing he had been looking for ever since his wolf awakened, and a few; or more than a few, seconds to find my voice again.“And why the hell are you acting like it’s the end of the world?” I chastised.I already anticipated his answer, but wanted to hear it directly from him, I wanted to know what he was thinking of exactly, and whether it was the same answer I was expecting from him or not.He looked at me with complete misery “I can’t believe you just asked me that! You know damn well why! Because it is! Where should I start? The fact that she’s Davina’s sister? You know, your mate? The one I tortured non stop for two days in order to save you? The one who kept her mouth shut and never begged or given up to the pain I caused her to keep her sister alive? Do you know what that means Jude? I was trying to kill my own mate

Davina’s POV My response was automatic and came out of my mouth naturally in disbelief “Shut the fuck up” I looked between them all as the reality of what he just said started to set in. I ended up staring blankly at the floor and coming to terms with that sick twisted turn of fate. Could the moon goddess have a better sense of humor than that? I’d guess not. Out of all the people in this wide fucking world, she had to bring the person I hated the most now; after Chase, the person I can barely look at without having my blood boil from hatred, and my mind always unwillingly slipping to the painful memories he forever etched into my brain, and mate him with the closest person to my soul? Why? Just why did it have to be Ian? Why did that happen, when I was barely just starting to get used to the fact that he will always be present in my life because of his closeness to Jude? When I barely got a tight grip on my emotions and my mouth whenever we had an encounter together. When I ke

Davina’s POV I was breathing very hard at that point. I could still feel the anger within me, suffocating me, trapping me in place. Jude just looked at me without saying anything. I had no idea what he was thinking of me, and I didn’t really care at that moment. I was walking through the forest for the last thirty minutes trying to keep myself from walking into Irena’s room and telling her everything. When he doesn’t say anything for two whole minutes, I try to saunter past him and resume my walking. His hand darts out, holding my waist, stopping me in my tracks. He turns his head in my direction and I see pain flicker in his eyes. “It’s the mate bond. It made you forgive me so easily and forget what I did to you even though it was a lot more damaging than what Ian did. The mate bond is stronger than the strongest, most cruelest person in the world. I used to hate your very existence before I even met you. When the violet eyed werewolf topic would come up in my presence, I felt

Davina’s POVI walk inside the corridor leading towards Irena’s room and see Ian leaning against the wall next to her door.He looked dead tired, barely able to keep standing on his own two feet.It suddenly dawned me and I remembered that none of us have slept or batted an eye in one day and a half.I walked closer to him and he straightened up when he noticed me approaching towards him.He looked nervously at me as he said in a low voice; as not to risk Irena waking up or hearing this conversation “I didn’t go inside, I just wanted….I didn’t want to leave her alone in case she woke up from a nightmare or something, and I was waiting for you to come back”I ignored his statement and asked him firmly “Where is Robert?”“He’s speaking with her doctor, asking if we can take her back to the pack house after she wakes up” he said just as firmly.I nodded my head once and tilted my head to the side, silently asking him to step away from the room a little.I could have mind linked him but I

Jude’s POV“Shit, that’s bad” said Ian in frustration at the news I just delivered to him and Robert.I was just telling them about the interesting conversation I just had with that man at the border.Turns out, the man was the beta’s brother in law.He hated the bastard so much because he was tormenting his sister and abusing her every chance he got. But he didn’t have the power to rescue his sister from that monster on his own, so he was biding his time, trying to find a way to take his sister and flee the pack while still maintaining a good cover, playing the beta and gathering as much information as he could along with his sister who was eavesdropping on his private conversations with their alpha.He saw an opening to set himself free when he surrendered to us and refused to fight with his pack. He knew with them bound to their human forms, that it was a losing battle and that the beta was going down this time, granting his sister the freedom she needed.However, when he realized