Rohan and Mars' story tore at my heart
Seeing Rohan and what a lonely figure he cut in the three previous Darlington Pack books made me long for him to get his own book and see him happy. When Mars was introduced in Atlas's Accident, I took to him straight away and seeing him meeting Rohan, it was obvious that they had history and then the last chapter and the epilogue just made me need their story yesterday.
Rohan had no choice and had to leave Mars five years earlier but he had suffered greatly in those years apart, physically hurting and aching for his fated mate. The pull between them didn't get any less strong or any easier to bear but he could take comfort in the fact that he had done it for Mars and his dream of being a pro basketball star.
Mars didn't know why Rohan had left him and was bereft, feeling as though a part of him was missing while pining for his fated mate. He was living his basketball dream and that was the only thing that made life bearable.
Meeting after five years made everything better and worse, because both had careers and responsibilities and the Pack's problems with their neighbours made Rohan leaving Darlington or Mars staying impossible. A lot of the book saw them going to and fro, second-guessing their actions and decisions, and I felt for them. There was no easy answer for them, with everything that was happening to them, and seeing them so happy together and so lonely apart was as torturous for them as it was for me.
Thankfully, Dylan gave me the happy ending I needed and a very decent start to their longed-for family. You'll love the family, trust me!
Seeing Leo and his girls a lot just made me need his story even more but realising from events in the book who is destined for him, I think Dylan's got a mountain to climb to get the two of them to their HEA, all things considered with Leo's situation and what we know about his fated mate. It'll be a great story, I'm sure, and then I need Grey's book because I know exactly who I want him to be with and the hints in this book lead me to believe I'm going to be very happy *smug grin*!