Jasmine's POV
My legs gave out beneath me, and I stumbled backward, the ground seeming to shift under my feet.
"What did you just say?" The words barely escaped my throat as I stared at Stephen in disbelief.
His dark eyes held steady on mine. "Palmer belongs to Lina. He's her mate, Jasmine. You've been with her destined partner this whole time."
The revelation crashed into me like a freight train, stealing the breath from my lungs.
Everything suddenly made horrifying sense. Lina's desperate sprint to Palmer's side when he lay bloodied after his brutal confrontation with Jayden. The way her face had crumpled when Palmer introduced me as his girlfriend, planting that possessive kiss on my cheek. Those heartbroken sobs I'd heard echoing from her room night after night.
The signs had been screaming at me all along, and I'd been too blind to see them.
