CADEN For a good minute, I couldn’t move or say anything. Liam moved away, an unreadable expression on his face. “What?” He shrugged. “You wanted answers, well you’ve got one.” “Hold on,” I reached for his sleeve before he could move. “What do you mean she’ll be getting mated to someone?” He yanked his hand out of my grip. “Not my decision.” With that, he began walking away towards a group of guys. More thoughts were clouding my mind faster than I could keep up. What did he mean by she’d be getting mated soon? And she wasn’t exactly saying anything either. “Yo, Caden.” Someone came up to pat my back. “You good?” I slowly nodded, not quite knowing what else to say. I wasn’t sure I could actually even speak if I wanted to. I wasn’t okay. Not at all. If I wasn’t in a public space, my

