Thorn POV
I can't have heard him correctly. Did he just say that Vanessa is his mate? "Repeat that, Arden." "Vanessa is my mate," he says, his eyes meeting mine this time. "Why the hell didn't you tell me the day we met her in the coven?" "How could I? You both claimed each other. I had no idea what the hell was happening. Falcon was losing his mind, but she had called you her beloved. She never even looked in my direction," he says.
"I felt it, but I knew there was no way we were both her mates. It took all my control not to pull her into my arms and claim her in front of everyone in that room, including you," he says. "Arden, even if she was my mate, what would you have done? Stood by while I marked her. Watched while the woman that you and your wolf were meant to claim stood at my si
