Cynthia Dion:

"I was just checking up on her," I calmly explained, though I'd recently discovered my innocence wasn't crystal clear.

"You don’t need to do that. I am here for that," he responded sternly, and who could blame him?

"I'll be in my room." Maleeka, uninterested in sticking around, left us in an awkward silence, walking away without her mate and heading straight to her room.

"I wasn’t trying to hurt her or anything," I felt compelled to justify my ...