(Amaia)
The guilt, the confusion, the doubts, I see everything flashing in his eyes.
"I did, not anymore," I answer sincerely but he takes a step back from me.
His single action creates a twister of pain in my gut that I want to bend over. The bond between us floods with his doubts and confusion. Hurt replaces every other emotion on his face, and my heart shatters.
"Not anymore because you left him behind. He had to take a chosen mate to save the humiliation," Alnilam grunts, believing all the lies Tarian has spun.
I turn my gaze towards Alnilam. "So I guess it skipped his mind to let you know that he was the one who left me to die at the hands of that monster and fled like a coward after rejecting me. I didn't leave him, he did."
I remain calm, but the hurtful lies and the reactions of my mates have me in shambles. My knees shake and I can hardly keep myself from crumbling to the ground like a heap of sand.
