~ Athena’s POV ~
Hayden carried me in his arms and I just clenched him by his collar as I didn’t want to fall on the floor. I daringly announced and marked Hayden as my mate in front of everyone, but I didn’t want to let him enter the dark part of my life. I don’t want him to get trapped in any dangerous situation and that is, too, because of me.
I am aware that Hayden might do anything for my sake... as he has both the capability and the power. He might even try to do anything if I ask him to help me out, but that means I am going to completely depend on him and this somehow gives him the chance to control my life and that’s something I can’t allow anyone to have in my life.
Being controlled... I have lived that life once and that was quite suffocating. That’s the kind of life that I
