RONAN Withdrawals were a b***h. That was the only honest way to describe what Kade's silence had been doing to me since he walked out of here with him inside me. Three days of nothing. No texts, no calls, not even a passive aggressive message telling me to stay away from his mate. Just silence that pressed against the inside of my skull like something living, like something with teeth. I was tempted to drive straight to that mansion. Pull up at the gates, let Damon's men report my arrival, walk right through however many of them showed up, find Kade, and drag him out of whatever room they'd put him in while they all stared. The image was satisfying enough that I'd entertained it longer than was rational before reminding myself that Damon would genuinely kill me if I set foot on that p

