Elijah - Mate

Elijah

I wanted to reject this over and over. It would have been easy to refuse to see or speak to her. In my mind, we weren't mates and couldn't be mates.

Once I heard that Aurelia was mates with Arktos, I knew something told me that we were mates, and I decided from that moment I wouldn't even try to look or find them. I was trying to avoid Princess Seraphine. That way, she wouldn't become my mate. I doubted it was Princess Zyra I had seen her when I healed her.

In my mind, it was a great plan. Until Storm spoke. Then I felt like a piece of crap for hiding away. If Asher and Zyra are mates, it means Seraphine is mine, possibly. I'm hoping she isn't. I already have a mate, and things around here are already complicated.

Pushing the door open, I instantly feel that pull. My eyes rise, and I see her sitting on the edge of the pool. She turns her head and looks at me. For a moment, I don't move; I stand and consider how much this is going to start a war.

Eventually, I walk in and sit be