I waited for him that night, I've waited for him the last few nights, and I still haven't heard anything from him. I can feel him close by through Kia who is fuming that he won't come to us. He lurks in the woods, somewhere out there, instead of coming closer. At least he keeps a close distance, so he knows neither of us will become weak from not seeing each other. I'm confused and hurt. I feel used and cheapened, like he's just got what he wanted and ran. I've tried to do what mum suggested and work things out. Every night for the last few nights, I have been waiting at our place. I've only sent him one message. I don't think he needs more from me until he makes the next move. I won't seek him out because he needs to come to me and sort this out. It is his mess. He needs to take responsibility. Part of me understands why he is confused, but at the same time, I am annoyed he won’t talk to me about it. He won’t let me help him. I told my parents I wasn’t going to school the next few

Last night Jace took control. He'd had enough of my moping and ignoring our mate. In my defense, I wasn't ignoring her. I was trying to figure everything out before going to her about it so that I would know the answers to her questions. Is that so wrong? To want to be prepared? But of course, Jace didn't agree with me at all. He wanted her comfort and wanted to comfort her. I didn't realize the pain I was putting her in. Seeing her there last night felt so vulnerable. I felt like such an ass not talking to her all week, I hadn't realized I was treating her like every other ex, but I should have. She is my mate. She’s it, and I treated her like crap. I love her and don’t even have the guts to tell her. I was so taken back when she walked into my packhouse. I tried not to stare at her, but she looks so fucking amazing. My mind tries to scramble for what to say to her as they stood there. I went over and over everything and anything that wouldn't give away that we were mates. I guess I

Exhausted after everything, I didn't want to go to the cottage last night. I knew Kia had enough strength to last me one more night. As much as I hated the interaction with him yesterday, even if he said nothing, it was good to be in the same room as him. I needed to see his decision which he so clearly made. Whether he knew it or not, he chose her, and I am officially finished with him. I tried everything, I gave him a choice, and he chose her. So here I am on what is supposed to be the happiest day of our school year, sulking in my bedroom on my bed while Chloe is in the bathroom getting ready for our school formal. Every girl looks forward to the formal in their senior year. Every girl looks forward to being asked out by their crush and hopes they like them back, or my mate. A part of me wants him to show up tonight and pick me up, but the other half doesn’t want to face the embarrassment of my family. Only two people know that he’s my mate. And for now, I’d like to keep it that wa

My head is still spinning as I lay in my bed staring up at the ceiling, thinking about everything that has happened last night and over the last few weeks, going over and over them in my mind. I haven't slept a wink. Everything is just replaying in my mind. It's hard to switch it off. A part of me understands why he did what he did, but the other part that shares the bond with him hurts so much. It feels like our bond is a little bit broken because of it. At least before, it could have been mended, but now, even if he tried, I’m not so sure. He was so quick to jump and help Grace, so quick to jump and help her, yet forgot me in the process of everything, even after we mated, even after he promised I was everything to him. He didn’t show that to me last week. Who’s to say that will not happen again. He admitted he did wrong, but did he only realize it because he lost Grace in the process? Was I just a backup option to him? I hope I made it clear to him last night that I wouldn't be

I loved watching her reaction as she found the flowers. She loved them. As much as she tried to hide, it was nice to see that she at least appreciated the gesture. The frustrating thing is, we were in such a good place before, and even then, I should have been doing this stuff for her, but I wasn’t. Honestly, I was so focused on other things that I didn’t even think to give her small things like this, to at least make her feel comfortable enough to show she had someone, to let her feel loved and free. It made me feel like an ass that I wasn’t treating her like the queen she is rather than taking everything for granted and thinking that she would just accept the bond a hundred percent because, the truth is, she had accepted me, but until I knew I could lose her, I hadn’t accepted her completely. I had to call all around to see if anyone knew someone with a flower greenhouse. But I needed specific flowers. Thankfully, someone had some in my territory, so getting the flowers wasn’t as