Garrett’s POV How does a man recover from hearing that his mate, the absolute love of his life loves another man? I stood in the doorway of the kitchen, my heart pounding so hard against my ribs it felt like it was breaking into pieces. I could take her hate. I could take her screaming, her anger, and her cold glares. I could take her slapping my face or telling me I was a monster. But this? Hearing those four soft words leave her mouth into the phone speaker? That was a wound I knew I could never come back from. It was a double betrayal that sliced straight into my soul. Not just from the woman I adored, but from Fred, the man who had been my best friend, my brother, my closest confidant in the world. The two people I loved more than anything on this world had torn my heart out. A

