CHAPTER 23. Bite me

  -Joanne-

  Holy smokes. What did I do? 

  It has been exactly two days since I rejected Liam and gave in to Isaac. I grinned, my skin heating up at the thought of what we did. 

  The bruises on my back still hadn’t healed from the way he fucked me against that tree. 

  I clenched my thighs, fighting the rising arousal. 

  I thought I would feel broken and sad about losing this bond inside me. But damn, I never felt freer. 

  This burden, this weight that kept me down had disappeared. My clouded mind was fully clear, and I felt happy. 

  There was no lingering heat hurting me, forcing me to harm myself. There was no pain from Liam’s betrayal anymore, nothing. Only a sense of peace. 

  And best of all, the feelings I had for Isaac were real. He wasn’t another mate of mine, or however that mate bond worked. 

  I still feared it. After reading thoroughly through the book, I saw the CHAPTER about second-chance mates. 

  Please, goddess, I want to stay free.