Braelyn had rejected me in the worst possible way a mate could. I'd bared my soul to her, showing her everything I was, promising her the world. It hadn't been enough for the pampered little bitch. Yet, I still craved her. I wanted to believe that she hadn't been a part of what I'd endured, that she didn't know about the evil her father had planned for me, but there were hints that made me believe Braelyn had known, and she had still banished me.

Eryx had shared in my fate, having ...