"Then why did you stay with me? Why didn't you just break up with me and be with him?" Brady asked, the pain evident in his voice.
"BECAUSE I STILL LOVED YOU! I NEVER LOVED ANDREW! I LOVED YOU!" Evelyn whisper-yelled, her voice trembling with emotion. "Andrew begged me to spend my 20th birthday with him in Canada because he wanted us to be together when I first identified my mate. But I insisted on staying at Black Moon because a small part of me hoped that you would be my mate… not him.
And then you were. And I was so happy. But you weren't. You panicked. I wanted you to be excited about marking each other, the way Andrew would have been, but you weren't. He made me feel special. You made me feel like an obligation… or a burden."
Brady frowned as Evelyn paused to collect herself.
