The Rogues Who Went Rogue
“My mate brought us home and he apologized, saying that he wouldn’t see her anymore, that I was his ‘one and only’, though he still insisted that we hold off the marking. I didn’t speak for the entire hour that he spoke. I just stared at him blankly. I was hurt, but I don’t understand why I didn’t cry. I just sat there, feeling the fire burning in me. My animal was unusually quiet, too.”
“I tucked the kids in, as usual, and it was the first time my mate helped me out when I did that. We went to bed, and he dozed off quite quickly. Naked, I would add. After two hours of staring into space, it was like something took over me. I got out of bed, went to the kitchen, got a knife, a lighter and a