Blood Bond Broken, She Crawled Back

Synopsis

Everyone in the Council of Elders knew it. Wendy Sterling only secured her position as the heiress because I was backing her. But the day she found out she was pregnant, the child wasn't mine. Wendy stood at the doorway to the study, her hand resting gently on her belly. "Eric, Edward's a total mess right now. "He can't get by without me." I looked up at her. She was my fiancée. Three years ago, she stood outside the Blood Moon Church, begging me to form a blood bond with her. She swore I'd be the only man she'd ever love. Now she was carrying her childhood sweetheart's baby, yet acted like it was perfectly fine to keep me propping up her family. A bitter laugh escaped me. "So what do you want?" Wendy didn't pick up on how I was feeling. She lowered her voice and added, "Once the baby's born, we can still get married." In that moment, the last three years felt like a joke for me. I'd taken a holy silver arrow for her. I'd rooted out traitors for her. I'd nearly gotten killed by hunters to protect her coven's blood crystal lode. And through it all, she never truly chose me. I stood up slowly and slipped off the blood ring that stood for our engagement. "Wendy, you should be with Edward now."