I left.
Like the fucking coward I am, I left her standing there with everyone watching us. I just left.
I didn't know what else to do. I didn't want to face the truth, so I ran from it, from her.
It's already morning. Last I checked the time in the bathroom, it was 12 am. And that's exactly when I sensed it and felt it. The mate bond.
Seven years – it's been seven years since I shifted, and this is when I find out who my mate is. And it's her. My Lyra.
The girl I waited for two years, the girl I am madly obsessed with. The one I hopelessly love, the one who I wanted a future with but I can't have.
Why did it have to be her? Why?
I chug down the wine, the bitter taste of it doing nothing to numb my heart. I throw it across, causing it to shatter against the tree.
"Leave the mother Earth alone, you dickhead." I tilt my head back to see Rowan leaning against a tree.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" I ask him once he sits beside me on the rock.
