Chapter 23

Callum’s POV

The realization hit me like a freight train. Valeria—despite everything we’d heard, everything we’d believed—was a virgin. There was no lie in her eyes, no deception. All this time, we’d treated her with contempt, lashing out, blinded by false assumptions and resentment. We’d unleashed anger on an innocent, all because we’d thought she’d betrayed the mate bond. If this was true, then