“Maybe everyone was right… I shouldn’t have a mate… I don’t deserve one.”I looked at his slumped shoulders and troubled expression. “Don’t say that,” I told him softly, trying to ease the heaviness I knew he carried.“Try being gentler with her,” I said, looking at him intently. “I know it’s not easy; I don’t think it ever will be, but if you’re a little more patient with her, I know for a fact that she’ll come around eventually.”“It was that way for Olpheus and me too.” I started, my mind travelling to a time far from the present. “Olpheus and I met most unconventionally and awkwardly. We were always at each other’s throats after that. He would just corner me in the hallway on a random weekday and put his nose in the crook of my neck, sniffing me like I was the very air he breathed.”My lips curled at the fond memory. We had come a long way, I realized. We had gone from strangers to lovers; even with all that had happened in between, we were still here, still together, and still ha
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