I had disgraced my family. That was the truth sitting on my chest. I had disgraced them all in the name of adventure. And the worst part was that I was angrier with myself than I was with Kael. Because I remembered enough. I was the one who walked up to him after a couple of drinks. I was the one who smiled first. I was the one who pushed when he tried to pull away. I was the one who moved against him on the dance floor like I had no future waiting to crush me. He did not even want me at first. I had convinced him otherwise. And look where that had landed me.
Maybe he had done it to teach me a lesson. Maybe he had claimed me on purpose. Maybe he could undo it. Maybe there was no undoing a claim at all, and I was simply clinging to stupid thoughts because I did not want to sit with the tru
