The words rang in my head again and again, but they still made little to no sense to me. Mate? Soulmate? Meant for each other? What were they saying, those things just couldn't be real. I was willing to agree that werewolves and possibly other creatures were real. And I was willing to entertain the idea that I might even be one, but this? I drew the line at soulmates.
"I..I'm not sure what to say." I hesitated when I spoke, which was not at all the image I wanted to project there. I knew I was appearing weak and helpless, and that was the last thing I wanted them to think about me. "Can I have some time to think?" I asked them, not looking anyone in the eyes. "This… has all been a little too much for me."
"I would assume so. And I can offer you plenty of time to think things throug
