Aylee's POV
I see Rowan walking inside through the main door finally, and I wave my hand letting him know there is empty space beside me and he can sit here.
But he stops walking mid-way and turns his head towards the three slaves sitting there. His eyes are going wide. No no no. No. This shouldn't be what I thought it was.
"Mate," Rowan says and I close my eyes momentarily. But who exactly? It can't be Katherine. It's either Henrietta or Iris.
"Mate," I hear Henrietta's voice for the first time as she stands up and walks towards Rowan.
And mid-way even she realizes that she is just a slave, who needs her master's permission for everything. Samuel, even though he knows the scene happening before him, is still ready to act ignorant as if he doesn't know a s**t about what mate is.
