Ridge POV
The pull of the mate bond was very strong; it had to go all caveman on her.
Samantha was a lot of things that Robynne wasn't.
She was smaller, weaker, cuter, with a greater need for protection, and shy, but there was an aura about her that told me she had a lot of inner strength. I shouldn't be comparing the two, but I can't help it. Robynne was my first real love, and that can't be changed, but I see now that the love I had for Robynne was from the mate bonding, and not true love, mate love, as I have with Samantha, and I had ruined it for Robynne. Robynne's many firsts should have been with her fated mate, Elijah, but I stole them, and that guilt will follow me forever.
I pushed thoughts of what I had stolen and looked at my mate.
She was standing before me, one hand over
