Chapter 27

KALEN

Killing the bitch ended up altering things. There was only one mate-bond betrayal instead of multiple. I did not fully blame him because she had used her gift on him, knowing that her words would cause him to spiral down into an endless vat of guilt over what his father was doing to me. He was still responsible for making the choice to sleep with her, but there were other factors that contributed to it.

Neo had explained what happened. He also told us how guilty Maddox felt about what he had done and how much he wished that he had made a different choice. As much as I would love to say that I could trust him, only time would tell. Not to mention that it would take time for me to move past it. As much as I wanted to leave the past in the past, the pain was etched into me for now.

Hearing that he believed what I said about his uncle meant a lot to me. It was another thing that had changed vision wise. Honestly, I believed what altered everything so much was the kiss that we had sha