AIDAN

No matter how much I called out to him in my mind, begged him to return, he didn’t obey.

Our differences were becoming more and more obvious.

Theo had been with me since I was born, unlike Vlad, who was gifted to me by the Goddess on my 18th birthday.

He was too powerful, with a will of his own, forged from the union of Centuria’s fire and the Winter Men’s ice.

He had always followed my will, accepted and loved Isabella as his own even though we weren’t magical soulmates.

I used to think that kind of thing didn’t even exist… until I stood before that energy, a mix of light and darkness.

So vibrant and beautiful… just like her.

Like the woman who makes me feel alive again and, at the same time, the worst man in the world.

I furiously threw off the sheets where my desire had been released, yanked my pants back on, feeling disgusted.

Disgusted with myself, my thoughts, with the urges I could no longer control…

I walked barefoot to the balcony, stepping out into the cold night, digg