Chp 14 Pt. 1 The Mate Bond

Maliyah

I feel so bad for just ditching on the party like that last night, but I wasn’t sure what else to do. I couldn’t face either one of them, each wanting a different answer from me that I just wasn’t ready to give. I also didn’t want others to figure out what was going on an expecting me to give an answer immediately as well.

It’s been a few days since my birthday and I’ve been avoiding Luca and Aspen like the plague. Mom and dad have tried a few times to talk to me about it, but I keep putting that off too. Eventually, everyone got the hint and stopped bring it up. They’ve all left me alone which is what I prefer at the moment. I’ve been struggling to get my thoughts straight and no matter how hard I try to not hurt someone, I know in the end one of them is going to get hurt.

Instead of trying to sort out my thou