Chapter 86

***Ronan's POV**

The stone that could have saved her shattered in my hands and I let it.

I knelt in the dirt behind the old oak tree where i used to play as a child. Back when the world made sense. Back when mates were fairy tales and love was something that happened to other people. Once, this tree was where I carved .t names into the bark. Now it watched in silence as I buried everything I'd lost.

The moonstone fragments cut through my fingers like glass. ...