THE BIKER ALPHA WHO BECAME MY SECOND CHANCE MATE

" But it did happen again . And again . Each time , he'd find a way to make it about the mate bond . I was disrespecting our connection , I was being ungrateful for the gift the goddess had given us . The bond that was supposed to protect me became the weapon he used to control me . " . I can feel Tristan trembling with barely controlled fury , can hear the low growl building in his chest . His wolf is close to the surface , responding to the threat against his pack , his family . " The last time ... " I have to stop , the memory too painful .

There's so much I'm not telling him , so much I can never tell him . Like how I'd lost our pup two months before our mating ceremony . How Daxon had kicked me so hard in the stomach the day I had caught him cheating , that I'd miscarried our child right there on the bathroom floor . How I'd finally found the strength to say no to him on what should have been our wedding night . But I can't tell Tristan that . I can see the barely contained rage in his eyes already , can feel the fury radiating from his wolf .

If he knew about the pup , if he knew just how much Daxon had taken from me , I'm afraid of what he might do . I'm afraid he'd hunt Daxon down and kill him , consequences be damned . And as much as I hate Daxon , as much as I want him to pay for what he did to me , I can't be responsible for Tristan destroying his own life in pursuit of revenge . " The last time , he found out I'd been saving money . Just a little bit here and there , money I'd hidden away in case of emergencies . He said I was planning to leave him , that I was being deceitful and ungrateful .

" I pull back slightly so I can look at Tristan's face , needing to see his reaction , needing to know that he still sees me as worthy of love despite everything I'm telling him . " He beat me so badly that I couldn't get out of bed for three days . The next day , he kept apologizing , like he always did . " Tristan's face is a mask of controlled rage , his dark eyes burning with an intensity that should scare me but doesn't . Because I know that anger isn't directed at me . It's for me , on my behalf , and that makes all the difference . " That's when I finally found the courage to leave .

But I couldn't just run away , Tristan . The mate bond was like a chain around my soul . Every step I took away from him felt like agony . " " Why didn't you come home ? " Tristan asks , his voice hoarse with emotion . " Why didn't you call Orion or me ? We would have come for you . We would have protected you . " The question I've been dreading , the one I've asked myself a thousand times . Why didn't I reach out to the people who loved me ? Why did I suffer alone when I had a pack who would have moved heaven and earth to keep me safe ?

But how could I explain that coming home meant facing him ? Meant seeing the man who'd broken my heart just as thoroughly as Daxon 1/2 18:27 Fri , Jan 2 d Chapter 22 broken my tony ? How cold 1st 1 hitory san ! Because I was ashamed, I whisper , hering ser weak , no stupid . Because thought cold fix sysalist has of my w Fresh tears spill down ry cheeks as I quite the feat that's been a ' toid everyone I was going away to heal , to find rel knowing I'd failed so completely ? ' Tristan cups my face in his hands , forcing me to look at him , to really see the love and acceptance in his eyes .

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