Only a few minutes had passed since Eugénie left, but something shifted inside Gérard without warning.
At first, it was just a ripple of unease.
Then it deepened twisting into something far sharper.
Fear.
Pain.
His body went rigid as realization struck.
Those emotions weren't his.
They were coming through the mate bond.
Charlotte.
His eyes widened, and he shot to his feet, turning sharply
Just as Eugénie came running toward him, her face streaked with tears, panic written all over her.
But Gérard didn't wait.
Didn't ask.
His body moved on instinct as he bolted past her and into the mansion, following the pull of Charlotte's scent like a lifeline.
And then he saw it.
Alexandre.
Holding her.
Something inside him snapped.
The fear in Charlotte's eyes the tears clinging to her lashes as she looked at another man burned through him like fire.
His vision went red.
He lunged forward and drove his fist straight into Alexandre, sending him stumbling back.
