Chapter 36

Cai

I didn’t know how long I stood in that doorway and watched as my mate kissed another. The fire in me, the one that awakened my dragon, was blown away in a single instance. I needed to leave, to get out of there. There was no way I could just stand there and watch this. The way her naked body was pulled against his, the gentleness I’d never seen him present to anyone, shining in his eyes.

I took a step back, and then another, careful that they wouldn’t hear me. I was pretty sure Jasper noticed me, but I couldn’t let her see me stunned like this. Then again, what did it matter now?

‘Are you fucking kidding me? You’re going to give up? Just like that? What happened to the grand plan to free me so we don’t end up betraying her? What the fuck is wrong with you?’

Cai flinched as the demon raged. How could he hope to compete against Jasper? If she loved him, then there’s no way he could fight that. All that mattered was that Sonja was happy, and as much