Chapter 4In the night, Alec woke up and his eyes fixed upon Tuxtax’s slumbering face.
As he looked at the vanth, something inside of him shifted. The grief he had felt so deeply seemed muted and faraway. A new love began to fill his heart. A love for his soulmate. A love for Tuxtax.
Alec shook his head in disbelief.
I—I don’t like boys. I don’t like anyone. And if I did, it definitely wouldn’t be this—vanth. I don’t even know what a vanth is. No, if I have a soulmate, it would be Arnath. We’re changelings. Our lives are tied, we share each other’s thoughts—why isn’t it Arnath? Why wouldn’t it be Arnath? Shouldn’t Arnath be my soulmate?
He squeezed his eyes shut, shaking off the rising feelings he felt for the youth sleeping near him.
I’m too young to find my soulmate. We’re too young.
