MAYA
My heart felt like it was caving in under the weight of Kael’s crushing rejection as I stumbled out of the garden. My limbs were sluggish as though burdened by invisible chains. Though he hadn’t formally severed our bond, his words had made my place in his life painfully clear… a place of shame and secrecy.
I should’ve known better. Was I so desperate… like a w***e!? Gosh, if anyone finds out about this, I’ll be titled as the Lycan King’s Rejected w***e!
Even as I walked away, something inside me kept begging to turn around, to look back and find him there with his arms open for me. But that was a fantasy, wasn’t it? Just another cruel illusion I let myself believe in.
For a fleeting moment, I’d dared to believe what we had was something real and pure. The way his eyes had burned
