[GREALOR]
"What is it?" Zula spoke.
"You let Gabe be. No improvement, no mind games, no nothing. That man has had to endure the kind of hurt that none of you ever will. His mate chose someone else because of him.
"He was never officially rejected, despite the bonds he cut with Tamiko. That is why he still feels the pain and he will feel it for as long as Tamiko doesn't come to reject him. That is enough punishment for the alpha.
"If you want me on board, you let the Alpha be. No chains, no nothing. He has suffered enough times already," Ciel said calmly. It was almost as if he could feel Gabe's pain himself.
The stakes may have been higher than Ciel could ever be on drugs, but he understood what loss meant. It was one thing to mourn the dead, but it was another to mourn the living; especially if they were living their best lives without you.
