Avyaane’s POV

I barely slept.

After Chad left, his words stuck to me like poison, coursing through my veins, settling in my bones.

“This thing that we have between us… it’s going to happen. Whether you like it or not."

I rolled onto my side, potatoes and silk sheets pinched between my fingers. My body was tired, but my brain wouldn’t shut up.

I hated him.

Hated all of them.

But the mate bond that cursed, unshakable chain had my body betraying me in ways I hated.

When ...