Realizations

Emilia's POV

Pain ravishes my body. It's not physical pain; it's the pain of knowing my mate bond is broken. And it shouldn't affect. Nothing about this man should affect me. Yet, I know I would be lying if I said it didn't. Fuck the pain on my neck. Yeah, I am sure the asshole left a huge fucking bruise on my neck, but I don't care about that.

Physical pain is what I am used to. I spent months dealing with this type of pain, so it isn't a big deal. The pain I am not used to is the emotional and mental.

In the beginning, after going to Black Claw, every little thing hurt me. My emotional state was incredibly fragile, but as time went on, I learned how to control it. And I did control it.

Then, when I was betrayed by Ozias, I refused to let anyone close to me. I didn't want to get close to anyone because I never knew the facade they were hiding behind. Yet, here I am. I feel close to Beta Marcus and I feel a connection to that damn hard-headed Alpha.

And yeah, I know the connectio