Chapter 159

JACK POV

She spoke about them like a commodity; like they were something to be owned and earned. It was crazy. I gave her one last look before leaving. Mia was stupid to think that I would even believe her, much less play into her scheme. Arabella already mentioned the part about Mia using spells on Rhys when he wasn’t her mate, but the both of them being mates? The matter was absurd to me.

It’s only absurd to you because you want her for yourself.

I jerked at the sound of my wolf whispering back to me. Damn, as if it wasn’t enough that I had no privacy at this time.

Let’s go back, Jack. Let’s go home. This battle is not for us, my wolf said.

“I can't leave her alone to fight,” I replied. “If I leave, she’ll be devastated.”

She was doing just fine before you showed up. She would still be doing fine if you leave. Let us leave.

“Not yet, Danearis,” I said. “Not yet. There’s still so much to achieve. If Mia was right about the both of them being mates…”

Who cares? They could be mates fo