“Did you even think about me? You said we were mates, August. I woke up in our bed alone the morning after we finally had sex. You didn’t say goodbye. You abandoned me. Eli kept saying that you were coming back, that you wanted me, but you never said it yourself. I thought there was a good chance you were going to reject me up until you called me your mate this morning. I thought I was coming here for nothing, because you didn’t want me. I—”
