019: I will be back.

"You have to calm down Sean. You aren't going to help anyone in this state - especially not yourself."

Sean growled low in his throat, "if you do not shut up I'm gonna lock you out again."

"No you will not," Aaron said with a bored tone, "so stop with the whole pouncing around, sit down and perhaps try to clear your head and think."

"What's there to think about? She's gone! Didn't you hear it? She's fucking gone!"

"She was kidnapped...not gone. And you know how much your parents love Isabella. Surely they are already trying everything to find her and bring her back. So just relax..."

"Relax?" Sean roared, "relax? She's our fucking mate! You can't tell me to relax when she's in danger. She's our mate! Aren't you concerned?"

"Aah, ah! Not our mate. Ex - mate. She was our mate...was being the operative word since you were foolish enough to let her go."

Aaron's words were like a splash of cold water over Sean's mind and he froze, then released a long breath.

He had let her go.

She had as