Mate ...

The word echoed in my mind, taunting me with its absence. Just hours ago, I had shared the most passionate night of my life with someone who wasn't my mate.

Why Moon Goddess? JUST WHY?! Why did I give myself away to someone who wasn't even my mate?! Did he feel the pain of betrayal? 

Why the hell doesn't it feel like I cheated on my mate when alpha Zion's touch had ignited a fire within me that I thought would never extinguish? But now, he was gone, leaving ...