Jade

　　"Because that's precisely what you're being. You condemn your mother for remarrying after your father's passing, labeling it as a betrayal. Yet here you stand, rejecting us- your mates- for transgressions we haven't even committed," Devon's voice bore into me, his hand cupping my jaw, his intense gaze piercing through the chaos of my mind, leaving me unnervingly vulnerable.

　　I hated feeling like this.

　　I hated this very feeling…

　　"He ...