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71.29 Inu, 17 Apr
Chapter 78
Chapter 78
Chapter 78
Rhea
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It can’t be happening. There’s no possibility that something like this would ever happen. Especially not when Aron rejected me as his mate, not when that bond was severed, not when it disappeared.
It feels like a lifetime ago. I barely think of it now, but today, I think of it. Today, when there’s a mark on my neck–I think of it. Way more than I should have. He marked me. It’s there. My wolf recognizes it now. She can sense him now, more strongly than she ever before. She can smell him in our blood. The claim. She knows him now.
But I still don’t understand.
Why would he do that? Why? Without telling me? What if something happened? What if my body rejected the mark? I could’ve died from it. He knows this. He does. This wasn’t right.
No.
I walk down the hallway where his office is to find him, to at least get an answer. An explanation.
When I reach the end of the hallway and knock on the door of his office, no reply comes from inside. I reach his bedroom and I knock there. Nothing.
It doesn’t take me long to understand that he’s not here. Like usual. Of course.
This is maddening, and the more he doesn’t show up, the harder it becomes to even breathe properly. My throat feels tight. He marked me and disappeared into thin air after being gone for a week.
Why? Why is he avoiding me? Does he hate me now?
If he did, he wouldn’t mark me. Would he?
I stomp down the hall again, going back to his office. Perhaps he’s in there and just ignoring me. Maybe I should force him to speak to me.
Before I even reach there, I cross paths with Kovas who’s heading in the same direction with something in his hands. Bunch of papers. It must be documents and reports. He looks up to meet my gaze.
I
“W–have you seen Aron? Is he in there?” I ask him quickly before I can even think about it. I just want answers.
Kovas opens up the door of his office and steps inside. It’s empty inside. Aron’s not in there.
“No, he’s at training grounds. He’ll be there until evening,” He slips the papers onto his desk and turns around. “Why? Do you want me to tell him something?”
I step inside the office, taking a look around with brows furrowed, “Is he still angry at me for leaving?” I ask him.
It’s the first time I’ve seen Kovas around since a while, so I don’t hesitate to ask questions. He has been honest before. He knows the truth and he has warned me, too. Before.
“Maybe,” he shrugs, “I’m not really-” he pauses for a moment, looking at me like he just noticed me. “Did he mark you?” His words come out slowly and his expression changes into horror.
pure
No, he can’t see the mark. It’s the scent. Aron’s scent on me.
“Yes, and I don’t understand why.” I quickly confess. I need some clarity right now. Anything will do. “He came to me last
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night and he was covered in blood but not his, someone else’s and just did. It could’ve killed me, he knew that and still~”
“Shit.”
“Is he punishing me?”
Kovas tilts his head to the side, his mouth parts and stays agape for a moment before he shuts it again.
“No, I don’t think so.” He shakes his head. “I think you should probably talk to him-”
I step further inside and cut him off, “He doesn’t talk to me. He won’t talk to me. What is it with him? I left, I understand, okay? But I’m here, aren’t I? It’s not like I disappeared completely from the world. He brought me back.”
“It’s best if you do talk-”
“No, not that again, Kovas.” I snap at him, cutting off him off. I just want him to spill what’s wrong. I’m tired of everyone saying the same thing: “Talk to Aron“. Talk to him about what? I try every day and yet he says nothing. “You told me something at the wedding, something before Ezra came and started spewing. What were you talking about?”
His face falls, eyes searching mine, trying to think of what to do. He tries to move to the door, hoping he can leave, but I don’t let him. Not until I’ve my answers.
“Tell me. I deserve to know,” I hold the door shut and say in a pleading tone. “You warned me in those woods, too. What is it that you’re hiding about him?”
It makes no sense, not how Aron behaves toward me, not how he reacts to things related to me, especially me rejecting him. None of it makes sense. Something’s off, it’s been off for a long time. Since the very beginning.
Those letters, that I had forgotten about. The time he snapped when I went into that one room in the east wing of the manor. And there were many more instances. So many more.
“If I tell you, you cannot mention it to Aron. Ever.” He narrows his eyes.
“Why?” I ask curiously.
“Because if you do, it will be my death.”
Oh.
Perhaps I don’t understand the dynamic between them. Maybe something’s not alright.
“Okay, I won’t bring it to him. You’ve my word.” I promise him, sincerely.
I won’t speak it to anyone if Kovas asks me not to do so.
He takes a moment to consider whether he wants to tell me something or not, but finally nods.
“You might want to sit down for this.”
I move away from the door and take a seat across the table. Kovas locks the door of the office, knowing well that Aron’s probably not going to be coming anytime soon. No one is going to come anytime soon and this is good enough a time to confess what it is that’s been hidden from me all this time.
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Chapter 79
