Eiran assumed he misheard.
Somewhere between the s**t speech and the horrible music, he thought she said 'Me' when asked about the mate.
His composure was lost somewhere in the confusion. His voice was raspy and thick as he said, "What?"
Alyna was calm as if she didn't just drop a bomb on him. Not a single ripple on her face as she repeated. "It was me. I was the mate."
She said it with such indifference as if she wasn't a mate but a speck floating in the air. Insignificant.
Eiran's ears buzzed, mind blank.
Mates?
Alyna had a mate?
It was that fool?
His chest suddenly felt too heavy.
Whatever was in there now had a million pounds of weight added to it.
If Eiran still possessed the skill of logical thinking, he'd be able to conjure up way more than a blank stare.
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