“I loved her, Gideon. I chose her as my mate and was going to marry her, but fate played a twisted game by sending me my fated mate at the worst possible time. I couldn’t abandon one responsibility to fulfil another. My wolf craved his fated mate, your mother, while I was already committed to Penelope. I carried too many burdens to forsake any of them, so I accepted every weight destiny placed upon my shoulders.” Gideon tapped his desk with his forefinger, recalling his father’s words before He slipped unconscious once again. “I couldn’t leave your mother, nor could I abandon my lover. What else could I have done? I owed Penelope and our child a responsibility, so I hid them from the world to protect them, you, and your mother. But after Hillary was killed, everything drowned in darkness. You will never understand the pain of losing a fated mate. I loved Penelope, but my love for Hillary was real too. My wolf loved her more than anything, Gideon.” “You killed Penelope, and I did
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