Chapter 22

"Why do you look like you've got something stuck on your tongue?" Grey asked with an unreadable expression on his face.

"Can you read my mind?" She inquired out of perplexity and curiousness.

He raised a brow. "And why would I be able to?" He asked her, peering into her eyes, and daring her to say the word.

Instead, she shook her head. "It's nothing," she said looking away. If he could read my mind, it could only mean I was his mate also, but that was quite impossible. I can't feel his vulnerability or his mate bond, she said to herself.

That's because, I've put a wall around me, Maya. That's why you can't tell we're mates, he said in his head as he looked at her. "Come on," he said, prodding her into the stables. They stood before a wide range of horses, and Maya stared at them all. She and Gwen had only been outside talking about the horses without seeing them. "Which of the horses do you fancy?" He asked her.

Maya walked in front of the stalls each horses were in. "Which of them is