~GABRIELLA~
I haven't been the same ever since the ritual between Arthur and me; sleep wasn't much of an option either when he was all I could think of. The lack of rest was getting to me; it made my thoughts rule over me. I felt like I was drowning in my own need to have Arthur by my side all of the time. This stupid mate bond was the cause of it, and I hated it so much. I always thought that my life was terrible before, but it's gotten so much more complicated now that Arthur and his family were in my life.
I was stuck between wanting to give in to my feelings and fighting them back because I didn't want anything to do with Gideon and his foolish schemes. It's like he tried to control everyone and everything around him in the worst ways possible.
My mind kept replaying all of the scen
