DIMITRI'S POV

I cooped myself in my chambers until night arrived while I pondered on what Neal had told me.

Milana had come by several times but I had given the Sentinels by my door explicit instructions not to allow her in. I wasn't ready to face her yet.

I was still reeling from the shock that I had a mate. A healer at that too. But why did it feel more like a burden? A burden I had brought upon myself. If I had been patient, if I hadn't lost hope that things were going to get better, if I ...