JAXONS POV

I stared at her face, the way shock clung to her features, wide eyes darting from me to behind me like she thought there had to be someone else in the room listening. My chest felt heavy. I could hear her pulse racing from here, did she not trust me…enough to confide in me anymore!

“I didn’t tell you about Kade and me being mates because it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t mean anything, Jaxon. I wasn’t ever going to act on it. That bond… it’s nothing to me.” Her ...