chapter 30

Ezra I know the moment Kat marks Mateo, and instead of it upsetting Maddox, it only makes our pull to Kat stronger, for a reason neither of us could explain. It is dull because he isn’t directly marked by me yet, but through Kat's bond. I can feel Mateo is ecstatic, though it worries me because he hasn’t marked her yet. Why would he hesitate? He'd wanted her the moment he'd set eyes on her. And we want him. It is still hard to believe that not only I do, but Maddox does as well. I couldn't explain it if I tried, but with how everything is lining up, it just feels right in all ways. He is a man, and that part is a little harder to wrap my head around, but in the end, it doesn’t matter. I want to mark him, I desperately want to mark him as my own. The feeling is new, but I have to wonder if Mateo has always been ours for the taking. Had he known all this time? Bonds are still a mystery on how they work, but somehow my Kat is the key to unlocking the full potential of all of us, breaking