Aaron's POV. 

I knew the snake named Nicole had planted the seed of distrust within Zera. She had always been a master at manipulation. I couldn't believe I once thought she was the one for me. She never was, and like everything else, she manipulated her way into my mind and made me believe that lie.

I still remember the night I marked and mated with her. Instead of a restoration of my ever-reducing power, I witnessed a massive loss of the little power I had, and I realized she ...