But right now, it was Lance who looked like he was about to fall apart. The weight of realization hit him hard, and it showed in every part of his trembling expression.
"A-Addison… how did it happen?"
Lance struggled to get the words out, his voice barely above a whisper. Just the thought of Addison belonging to someone else made his heart crack. He had believed that learning she'd met her fated mates would be the hardest truth to bear, but this?
Hearing that she had become another man's Luna, Zion's Luna, no less, of the Midnight River Pack, felt like a dagger twisting in his chest. The same pack. The same man. It was as if fate had chosen the cruelest way to break him.
The pain in his heart was unbearable, spreading through him like fire in his veins. His mind couldn't process it. He didn't want to. He couldn't accept that the woman he loved had once stood by another Alpha's side, not just as a partner, but as his Luna.
