The question hit square in the chest after he asked and the pain that came with it caught him off guard. It wasn't the kind of pain that made sense on paper.
The blood moon ritual had the whole pack buzzing, people were excited, hopeful even, talking about the mate bond coming but for the ones who already had somebody, already built something, it was less of a gift and more of a live wire dropped into a swimming pool.
Fear had settled into that group quietly because everyone knew what the bond could do.
Ravyn had thought about all of this the moment Voren first brought it up the first time, and every single time he came back to the same thing — Bryan.
"Daisy is still Bryan's mother." His voice came out quiet and even, the words landing soft but certain, like he'd been carrying them around long enough that they'd worn smooth. "I'll choose her over and over."
