7

She ran away without answering him. But he did not need an answer. He stood dumbstruck at the exact same spot for a few more minutes. The thought, the feeling of finding a mate was completely different from what he had planned.

This was never what he had expected to feel. This is not what he wanted to feel.

Because he had already decided, he was never going to mate. He was never going to end up like his parents. But the sudden blast of uncontrollable feelings and emotions had rendered him speechless.

A couple of minutes later he forced himself to shrug off everything that had gripped his throat in a choking hold and came back to reality.

Why had she run?

And God, she was bleeding.

He walked to his car and could not help himself from slamming his fist down on the hood in frustration and regret. He was not able to push back the thought of her running away from him. He was not able to gulp down his anger at him