I remained motionless, with the gentle sea breeze fluttering my hair under the impassive gaze of the Alpha.
For a moment I hold his gaze but when I get no other answer, my eyes wander around the property, towards the guards, towards the still open window that faces the room, as if from somewhere someone was going to jump and say that everything was a great and elaborate pointless joke. But that never happened and finally, the Alpha grew impatient.
"Well?" He snorted, his long fingers pounding the table in a distracting rhythm.
I turned my face to him and my voice was surprisingly calm when I answered him.
"I just don't understand"
The Alpha raised an eyebrow.
"What you do not understand? Don't you even know what a Mate is? "He sighed and looked at a point in the distance momentarily
