Chapter 8

VALARIE'S POV

I was still dwelling in my thoughts, when a knock brought me to reality. "Who's there?" I asked, but just then my room door cracked open, and Eric walked in.

"It's me," I heard Eric's small voice, and I smiled immediately, as he quickly rushed over to me.

I made him sit beside me almost immediately, and quickly turned over to him. "I heard the maids saying you have an evil mate, is that true?" He asked, and I gasped immediately.

"No, that's not true, okay, they are just saying nonsense, and I'm going to report them to my father." I told him, hoping it would convince him.

"Are you sure about that, because I don't want you to be married to evil mate, please don't marry him if he isn't a good person." He tried to persuade me not to be married to my mate.

Well I really don't want to be married to that mate of mine, but I actually have a plan which my parents had prepared already, so that's the reason I was going to go ahead and go with my so-called mate.

"You don't have to