Chapter 13. Please Stay Away

TARA

My mind took a trip down memory lane to eight years ago, right after I put to bed. I was so scared, thinking that Aidan found us, or worse, Kayla, or Aidan’s father.

Shortly after I was able to return to the pack, Alpha Collin showed up at the house to congratulate me, and when I brought up the topic, as well as my concerns about being found by the people who caused me to leave Pack Attica, my previous pack, Collin proceeded to confirm that he was the one who cleared my bills.

It didn’t take a mathematician to put it together that Collin was into me, but I couldn’t settle for a relationship after what I’d been through. I also couldn’t ignore the fact that I didn’t see him that way, mostly because my heart belonged to another, even after such betrayal.

Aidan was, after all, my mate. And even though our bond was severed, a heart was still a heart.

Collin was kind to me and patient, and we later finally came to a conclusion to put a label on ou