It had to be Done

NERO’S POV

I almost lost it back there. That filthy rogue had his hands on Athena and it took me all of my will power not to snap his neck for touching my wife.

“You never regarded her as your wife, or mate, do you not hate her anymore?” my wolf asked and it was his voice that snapped me back to the reality that Athena needed to be taken out.

Why did I want her then?

I do hate her but damn it if I didn’t want to have a taste of her again.

I had to watch Zavier do all the talking because I knew I couldn’t go through with it. And her begging me like that, it was the most heart-breaking thing I had ever seen. For some reason Zara’s death didn’t hurt as much as seeing Athena beg me not to have her taken away. But it was something that had to be done. Only after her disappearance would my Zara have peace and me be finally able to forgive her.

She had fear unlike anything I had ever seen but so was the hate written in them. But what did I expect from someone I had allowed myself to hate?

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