Chapter 67:
THE MATE I SHOULDN'T REMEMBER
The words shouldn’t have affected me.
They shouldn’t have sunk into my skin, shouldn’t have wrapped around my heart like a ghostly chain, pulling me toward a past I had no memory of living.
And yet
“I was your mate.”
My breath was still caught in my throat. My body knew something my mind hadn’t accepted yet. The second Caius had said those words, something inside me responded.
A pull. A recognition.
A bond.
Ethan’s grip on me tightened, his body rigid with rage. “You’re lying.”
Caius smirked slightly, his silver eyes glinting. “Am I?”
Ethan lunged.
I barely had time to react before Ethan’s blade was in motion, a flash of steel cutting through the air
But Caius didn’t move.
Instead, a force slammed into Et
