Another message. “Why can’t I feel the mate bond anymore? Why does it feel so distant? Where are you?”

I didn’t answer. I couldn’t. I blocked him without hesitation, cutting off all ties. The mate bond? It was broken the moment he chose Daisy over me.

I leaned back in my seat, staring out the window as the plane began to taxi down the runway. I had done it. I had left everything behind.

I was finally free.

And I would never go back.