If Eugan was this eager to be free of me, then everything that had happened since I'd stepped into Leif meant nothing. Not his actions and definitely not his declaration to take back his rejection and I was a bigger fool for falling for him anew.
I didn't need him repeating his request.
"I, Aryn, do hereby accept your rejection. I'm no longer your mate and you are not mine."
As the words spilled out of my mouth, a relentless ache gripped everything within me, leaving me unaware of which part of it was because of the bond breaking and which was because of the painful memories of each moment I'd surrendered to him. I was barely aware of Eugan's figure on his chamber's floor and the tight grip he had on his sword as he struggled to contain the fiery tendrils of torment to have hit us both
