Chapter 83 - Breeding

Melissa's POV

"What?" Unable to think of anything else to say, I ask. Knox sighs, "I've been gone too long."And so have you." He adds sharply. I realize all of a sudden that he must have abandoned everything to come here. I'm not sure how he handled the several duties he had in Elysium. While he's been busy pursuing me around Asphodel, who has been leading the pack? The council?

Next How did none of this happen to me earlier? Living in different cities makes it difficult for us to be together. As soon as I allowed Knox to claim me, I most likely consented to return to Elysinuithe. My last card was the necessity of keeping Tyler close to her father, but when I told him the truth about the DNA test, that justification was thrown out the window.

"I have a Tyler here, Knox," I hesitantly respond.

"You had a life there too. Knox reminds me, brushing a few strands of hair out of my eyes.

“No." I corrected him. "I had you and nothing else. Here I have a business,friends, a purpose beyond sta