RAIDEN I walked around the yard as I considered Keira's words. "If I wasn't your mate, would you accept me as one of you?" She had asked, a hurt looked etched on her features and I had been rendered speechless, unable to find an answer for her. Her question had made me think, really made me think of the relationship I had with hybrids. It had made me go down the memory lane as I recalled what I used to think of her. How I had felt to know that I was mated to a mere weakling of an hybrid. I had looked down on her and rebuffed her without a second thought. I wondered if I would have ever accepted her if our mate bond had been something I could escape but then again, I already know what the answer is. Always have actually known that I would have never accepted her. That is the truth. Think

