Elio
I storm up the stairs, feeling her scent intensify as the bond leads me towards her. I have no idea what I’m going to say, I just need to see her. The scent of roses and sunshine, mixed with something sinfully seductive, fills me, calming my beasts as I draw closer to her room. I can only imagine how it would feel to touch her, experiencing those sparks Cahya always talks about... I want them. Everything he has ever told me about mates runs through my head. “They are the second half of your soul, Elio. Go find her,” he urged me for years. “Aaliyah is everything to me... she makes me a better man. I want that for you, brother,” he said earnestly.
At first, I dismissed it, considering mates to be a weakness. But now, I know it better than ever before; they are a weakness but I need her. I wish I had listened to him. Secretly, I envied what he had with Aaliyah, and it’s true, he is a better man because of her.
A frown appears on my face as I comprehend that the blood oath being v
