"How... what do you mean?" I asked confused as he began pacing again. "I always thought it was you that had been the one to somehow trick me into feeling this way. I was so caught up in trying to ignore my connection to you that I didn't realise my connection to Ruby was fading. Ruby and I have been mated for two years and each time we... we were intimate... she would always want me to remark her, hence why it always looked fresh... ever since meeting you, well we weren't ever intimate so I never re marked her and over time, it faded... as did my connection to her." He looked heartbroken as he looked to the ground and clenched his eyes shut. I couldn't believe what he had just told me. He knew he wasn't really mates with Ruby... He knew she tricked him... He knew we were mates... I c

