Hannah
“What are you talking about?” I insist and Maria tries to get up but I stop her.
“I just thought you guys are mates. "She says, “I mean, everyone thinks so. But it’s none of my business. Sorry about that.”
She tries to smile and I just dumbly echo the words.
“I never… we never spoke about it.”
Then this horrible fear, my own fear that things can’t be okay for too long starts waking up again. If James never told me that I was his mate maybe it’s because… well… I’m not.
Will I lose him one day? What happens when he meets his mate?
Too many (bad) things start jumping into my mind and I snap out of it, there’s no point overthinking about this now. Maybe later but not now.
“We’ll find out pretty soon if we are… fit for each other in any sense, I guess.” I shrug.
She looks a
