Chapter 17: Did I really hear that correctly?

*ASA TRINE*

A pinch and an embarrassing smile later Sofia took a step forward and said, “Pardon my mate, we just got to know each other so he confused my name with the Trines as I had just been telling him about my relationship to them but I am Sofia Ignis, Michael Ignis, your Beta’s sister.”

She had started off awkwardly due to the mistake that Clay had made with her name but by the end I could tell that she was proud. I don’t know how she was cool when her ‘mate’ had done such a blunder with the very introduction of the person he had been attached to but because of the consistent smile on her face it was bearable to face that second hand embarrassment on her part.

Was he mocking me when he took my surname instead of hers?

But didn’t that insult his mate that he supposedly loved so much?

There was a slight look of confusion gracing Clay’s face as he listened to his mate talk to people who had disregarded his previous mistake and were now congratulating her. It was the power of th