56. Unwanted?

Do not break my heart. It is hard to fix broken hearts.

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(Cilia)

Cilia stared at the vanishing, naked back of her mate. He was stupidly handsome, but from the look of it, the man was also insane. Cilia grumbled. She hated that he was running away from her, and she hated that she cared.

One moment, the man was hot, wanton and seducing the hell out of her, begging her for a touch, for a bit more in his mellow voice that danced along her skin, and when she finally asked him to kiss her, he just... ran away? Ran away? What the heck was wrong with men? What the heck was wrong with mates?

This was all f*cking supposed to be as easy as abc. Or so she had been told. Everyone told her that mate bond was as easy as recognizing yourself, loving your reflection, but more and more, Cilia was beginning to doubt those claims. It didn't seem that easy or... effortless.

Her best friend's mate killed her and now she was reborn. Her own mate had teased her body until she wanted him, too, an