Chapter 22

I watched as tears slid down her cheeks after her rant.

For some reason, heart tears pulled the strings of my black heart.

Yes, I had a heart but it was cold and empty.

I hated it.

I hated seeing her tears.

I had to resist the primal urge to wipe her tears and pull her into my arms but clenching my fists on my sides and my eyes darkened.

“I'm not going for the funeral. Neither are you,” I said firmly and turned around and walked straight to the door without looking back, resisting the urge to go back and pull her into my arms.

It was just the mating bond and nothing else and I wasn't going to let a stupid thing as a mating bond make me get attached to a some girl.

“Our girl!” my wolf, Pellar, who had been clawing at me to let him free as we took in her scent, growled at me.

“Fuck that!” I growled back and hit my fist violently on the wall.

I pulled my hand back and scowled at the fist-sized hole that now dainted the wall outside the dining hall and walked away.

I didn't need a mate!

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