The shock was still running through my bloodstream as the door to the admissions door slammed shut. I couldn’t believe what I had heard. The first person I’d made a genuine connection with, someone who I actually wanted to marry, didn’t want it.
I couldn’t believe he ignored all the signs. The signs he told me about.
Maybe he lied, my inner voice said. Maybe he actually isn’t as sincere as you thought.
But then, I thought of the way he stopped the Hunt. The way he kept the wolves at bay as I recovered. The way he tended to my wounds. The way his hands felt on my sides.
No, no, no!
Hot, angry tears threatened to come out of my eyes. I blinked them away then did the only thing I knew that could take my mind off it. I ran.
I took off towards the forest, heat in my lungs and brain and
