Like I said, I didn’t want him anywhere near me. I didn’t want his heat or his touch. It wasn’t because I was avoiding the mate bond; it was because his touch left a lasting memory. I always wanted him to touch me, but the many times he did, he brought me nothing but pain.
He clenches his jaw but says nothing. Instead, he goes ahead of me and leads the way. Minutes later, I realized that we were headed to the conference room. We get there, and the other Elders arrive soon after.
“What is she doing here? And how is she alive?” one of them asks in shock.
They were all surprised to see me. Surprised that I was still alive. I guess it’s not every day that someone you thought died, rises from the dead.
There wasn’t any malice in their gaze. Not like there was three years ago. All I could se
