Chapter 34 : Escape

*Gemma* My heart that was full to bursting only minutes ago now broke for Diana. She loved Rian more than I could know, but to him had it been a complete farce? Or did he love her up until he felt the mate bond with someone unattainable? He had called her his love, his sun. Was that a lie? Was that him pretending she was the Sun Mountain breeder? It made me angry and sick. The Moonwake shifters were equal parts devastated and furious by Rian's Goddess-blessed betrayal, shocked into silence. I pulled Diana into a fierce hug. "You deserve better, Di." She hugged me back and her voice hardened. "You bet your ass I do." I admired her shift from despair to take-no-shit fury, though I did worry that it would lead her to do something rash. When I pulled away and Diana pressed her ear to the door, Kael grabbed my hand and murmured, "Don't let me do anything stupid." He was a completely different Kael than had made love to me. Now he was serious and deadly-focused. His pe