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[Unrequited Love]

ARIANNE

I curled up in bed with the sun beaming down on my face, eyes swollen and sleep-deprived. Since I came in last night, I hadn't moved from this spot on the bed. Nor had I slept a wink. My entire body ached, and it was all because Zach couldn't accept what was.

Everything was going so well between us. We'd found each other, and although I was still head over heels in love with Sebastian—unsure if that would ever change—he could have given me the time I asked to at least try to make our relationship work.

"Are you being serious right now? Mates are supposed to love each other. One isn't supposed to put the other on the back burner while they love another. It doesn't work like that," screamed Sable in my head.

"What the hell would you know?" I grumbled at her and closed the link. Even that was giving me a headache. The last thing I needed was someone else telling me what I did was wrong when I knew it wasn't. I loved Sebastian with my whole heart. In my h