Book 2 Chapter 58

Godric POV

We reassembled and began making our way to the next destination as if nothing had happened. But in this car, time had stopped. I could feel the surge of emotions coming from Zaya. She sat close to me, but her arms were wrapped tightly around her body as she continued to look out the window.

“Are you okay?” I asked her.

I could feel her vulnerability and anger. The mate bond was tearing at my heart.

“Talk to me Zaya.”

She shook her head as the tears filled the corner of her eyes. “I shouldn’t be mad or sad. I could only imagine how the rogue pack felt about when they….when he….I know they hate me.”

“They don’t hate you. They hate us.”

She turned to me just as a tear tumbled down her cheek. “They hate me. He didn’t call you names. He didn’t speak your name as if it tasted bitter on his tongue. Not like when he said my name.”

She faced the window again.

I had no words for her so I wrapped my arm around her back and drew her closer to me.

She was exposed in ways she hadn’t b