chapter 34

Valen My entire world came crashing down violently around me. Everything I thought I knew about her was wrong—so very fucking wrong. How did I not see it? She's wrong for me. For a few seconds, I thought I had found my mate, but the mate that was supposed to be my other half turned out to be a liar. She lied straight to my face. I thought when I met her, I could look past it if she were a rogue whore, but now, faced with the truth, I realize how utterly idiotic that thought was. “Valen, what the fuck, bro!” Marcus says as I walk across the parking lot. I ignore him. “Valen, you can't just leave–” “She lied to me,” I snarl at him, stalking over to his car—I should have brought my own. “Keys!” I snap at him, and he fishes them out of his jeans pocket and tosses them at me. “So that's it? You aren't going to let her explain?” “What's there to explain? She fucked some man and had a kid; pretty straightforward, Marcus,” I growl while unlocking his car. As soon as I'm in the driver's seat, I