“So I was right in my earlier judgment as well. Kendric has always been my fated mate. Look, we may have loved each other before that moment, but a fated mate bond isn’t something you can stop..”

His gaze lifts and meets mine. “Yes, but that doesn’t change what we have. Wolves and their stupid fate. If it didn’t exist, then you would have never had to go through all of this and I would have never made the choices I have. I became a vampire because of—”

He cuts himself off, and I ...