Eighteen

Damien turned all his attention to her. His eyes were still wet from his tears. He had tried to clean them away but some had still lingered in his eye. He was surprised that they were still on this page.

He thought by now they would have gone past it yet she still kept bringing it up. He wondered what was going on in her head. He wondered what Aria was thinking.

"I can feel it. I can feel the mate bond pulling and yearning for only one person. That person is you, Aria. Only you," Damien stated with certainty.

"Isn't this mate bond thing supposed to work both ways? Aren't I supposed to feel it too?" Aria questioned him.

At this point, Damien was short of words. He didn't know what to tell her that would make her believe that she was his mate.

"Maybe you can't feel it because you are my second chance mate," Damien announced.

"There's no such thing as a second chance mate, Damien. I'm not you mate, that's why I can't feel it," Aria told him point blank.

"If you aren't my mate then try to