KAEL'S POVShe ran.I watched her disappear down the corridor, her thin frame trembling and I felt something inside me crack."Mira, wait…." I started but Mara stepped in front of me, her eyes blazing."You heard her," she said coldly. "Leave. Now.""Get out of my way," I growled."No. You've done enough damage."I stared at her. At all of them. Finn and Elara had positioned themselves in front of the corridor, blocking my path."You don't understand—""Oh, we understand perfectly," Finn said, his voice sharp. "Three years of sneaking around. Three years of promises and then you announce your engagement to someone else."My blood went cold. "How do you know about that?""She told us," Elara said quietly. “Your highness, how could you?”I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. "She told you about the mate bond?""She told us everything." Mara's voice was ice. "And now you're standing here like you have any right to demand anything from her.""I love her….""Love?" Mara laughed, bitter
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