Chapter 360

“I hope you’re right, for her sake and ours. Jasper is your family. That makes him mine. Whether he accepts Santos or not, his place is with his pack and his mate. Carmen could do with a little good in her life. Not this… not rejection. Not after everything that she has gone through.” He sighs, and his sadness for her tinges on my mood too. Colton knows about the baby; he saw it when I shared all my memories, and I felt the pain then that he had for her suffering. The regret at pushing her aside and leaving her behind. As her ex-mate, as her friend, as her Alpha. Colton carries the guilt even now. I know everything that happened before somehow makes it feel like this is her karma for her past sins, but I don’t want it to be. She’s not who I thought she was, and in the past few days, I’ve begun to understand her a little, see through the armor. I care about her. She’s lonely. She pushes people away. She never had anyone except her mother, who needed her, and she was a burden that held