Flora’s P.O.V

I felt dead inside, like there was no meaning left to my life anymore.

If this had been anyone else then I could’ve questioned the mating bond; could’ve fought with the gods itself to claim my Clay. After all, how could a bond make complete strangers fall in love with each other?

But these weren’t strangers. This was Dorothy, my best friend; the woman I considered my sister. And Clay, the man I had given my heart to.

I knew now that breaking up ...