Chapter 177: Heartbreak

Spencer's POV

Watching Ivy walk away, I suddenly feel myself struck by the full force of one of the most painful moments of my life.

I stare at the sheets where she’d once laid. My hands burn where I touched her–I should have stopped, I know I should have stopped.

But I couldn’t bear to let her go.

And now she’s gone.

Will she come back? She has to, doesn’t she? I can feel the mate bond pulling between us like a string, linking us together eternally. She’s always in the back of my mind, impossible to ignore. Ivy and I share more than just a mate bond. We share a Blood Oath. We share a life. We even share a child, now. Love like ours doesn’t just vanish in a day–it’s stronger than that, and no external force could ever break it apart.

Right?

I grit my teeth, bunching the sheets together in my fist. Colin. It’s all because of Colin. This is what he does–he’s always wanted to take away the people around me, the people I care about. He’s always wanted to turn them against me, ever s