Faking the Mate Bond
A chuckle rumbled through his chest, “yet you couldn’t see through your step-mother’s facade for sixteen years until your eyes were opened when you heard her talk to Fin in this academy.”
“Because some people don’t wear masks, they solder it with their soul. A mask so thick, it becomes their skin.”
I leaned forward, my hands on the table as I lowered my voice to hold the gravity.
“And such people… cannot be unmasked without tearing off their skin, behind which they are nothing but a mess of blood, muscles and bones.”
My past replayed in my mind when I said those words. I blinked back my tears and took another sip of my tea.
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