25. Myriad of Emotions

[Erica]

You being my mate was not something I had hoped for...

The sentence had been repeating in her mind in a loop, like a broken and unwanted record. She sniffled drawing up her knees closer to her chest and resting her chin on them. Her room was shrouded in darkness. She was immensely relieved when she came back to an empty apartment because had either Josh or Lana been present, they would have bombarded her with questions.

What a chaotic day.

First her breakdown after hearing voices and now learning something equally bewildering and shocking. Her phone trilled once again, maybe for the 10th time but she could care less. At the back of her mind, she knew it might be from her parents or Drake but she could not bring herself to receive the calls.

Never had she imagined that she would hear something like this. How long were her family planning to hide the secret? Would they have sent her away once she was old enough to live on her own? She was a...human after all. A humourless laug