Sloane’s POV
‘His mate?’ Zia bares her teeth, her phantom fur bristling with pure disgust. ‘He threw us away for Judy, paraded her around, and Goddess knows with whomever else he cheated on us with, and now he dares yell about ownership? He has no rights to us.’ She whimpers when her thoughts run on V, the innocent one in Kai’s unfaithfulness.
Around us, conversations at the other tables had gone quiet. Heads turned in our direction, eyes fixed on me with varying degrees of curiosity, judgment, and accusation from Kai’s words. Others whisper behind their hands, their expressions making it painfully clear what they are thinking.
Sharp with judgment.
Me, being female and the cheater in their eyes.
Not that I care what anybody thinks of me.
“This isn't the place,” Xavier warns, his voic
