Ch. 14 Torture

Dillon’s POV

What the fuck just happened? One minute I had Zoe in my arms, her soft body pressed against me, relishing her taste and drowning in her scent while she melted under my touch. My heart was soaring, knowing she finally belonged to me. Then suddenly everything changed and I still had no idea why.

Every cell in my body told me to go after Zoe, to not let her walk away from me so easily. But my feet refused to move, paralyzed with shock over what had just happened between us. Of all the scenarios I’d tortured myself with in the days leading up to Zoe’s birthday, the one that just played out had never crossed my mind.

I’d been deliberately late to the party tonight, unable to overcome the soul-shattering fear of seeing Zoe mated to someone else. I knew it would crush me to watch her find her mate, erasing any possibility that we could end up together, as if my love for her had never existed at all. For someone who considered himself a fearless warrior, that thought had ter