Chapter 26

Bowden

Kaiya looks at me for a long time, not saying a single word. At long last, she puts down her mug and says. “This sucks.”

For a moment, I’m completely taken aback and have no idea what to say. I expected her to ask me why I went looking for her if I can’t love her. I even expected her to get angry with me.

I was not prepared for her to accept things as they are without any fruther arguments or endless questioning. Perhaps she's simply accepting it because she now understand the consequences of denying the mate bond. “What does?” I ask.

“This whole mate bond thing. All the wolves in the world, and The Fates had to go and mate me to you.”

"I thought you don't believe in The Fates," I say dryly.

"Yeah well...what do I know?"

“Hm,” I grunt with a smile. “Well, look on the bright side."

"What's the bright side?"

"Things could have been worse. They could have fated you to a wolf like Dorian.”

She shudders visibly and finally lifts the domes off our breakfast trays. “So after what happ