RAYA To say my attention span had been reduced to nothing would be an understatement. I lay curled up in my bed the same way I’d been in all my free time this week, moping and not wanting to leave. I couldn’t bring myself to eat or do anything. All I did was lay there and hope to disappear. Each time the events of the past few days came to mind, I had the overwhelming urge to slap myself across the face. No matter how I looked at it, this whole thing was my fault. What ever made me think that Valen cared about me in that way? Yes it was my fault. I had let the circumstances and the heat of the moment get to me. I meant nothing of the sort to him. After all, I was his mate's maidservant. I should never had let myself forget that. Now look where it had landed me. As a stray tear spilled

