Elaine leaned against the sink in her bathroom. The room felt like it was spinning. She felt weak. She exhaled slowly, eyes closed, knuckles white against the porcelain basin.A particular mark on her neck tingled. A strange heat, uncomfortable and sharp, radiated from the spot.She lifted her hand, fingers brushing over the mate bond that had been created so many years ago. The mark remained, even if the bond was severing. Slowly, she opened her eyes to look into the mirror above the sink.She could still see it. But now, being divorced, she wanted more than ever to be rid of it.It was the one thing that still tied her to Lucas in some way, if not legally. Then personally. Every time she looked at it, every time she felt it, it was him who came to her mind.“Are you almost ready?” Harriet yelled from the other room.Elaine smirked, pushing away from the sink and ignoring the pain at her neck. She walked out of th
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