Ella barely remembered how she got back to her cottage.
The walk felt like she was in a blurry vision.
The rejection replayed in her mind over and over again, each memory hurting deeper than she'd imagined.
"Ella Ashwood... I reject you."
She pushed open the wooden door and stepped inside. The room was dark except for the moonlight spilling through the small window.
For the first time in years, the silence didn't comfort her as usual, she felt lonely. She sank onto the edge of her bed and stared at the floor.
"So this is what it feels like," she whispered.
She had spent years believing she would never have a mate but somehow, that had hurt less than finding one and losing him in the same night.
A tear slid down her cheek, she wiped it away before another could follow. "No more c
