Stephanie
She tossed and turned in that bed of hers for most of the night. She’d refused to close the window to their suite. She wanted to hear when it stopped: the pains of betrayal those two horrible boys had brought upon themselves by not loving and cherishing what Selena had gifted to them.
It wasn’t that hard to do: accept and smile, be happy. That was all that was actually needed from any mated pair. Once they chose that, the bond grew and flourished, and love bloomed and everything became real and trust and protecting each other followed naturally.
She couldn’t even understand her own sons right now. They’d been raised by her properly, to love and cherish a Mate when she came along, been reminded that for them to have one between them that would want to stay there, they had to tr
