Chapter 86

Liya’s POV

We were standing so close to each other, but it felt like a giant hole separated us, wider than the distance between our packs.

I looked at them, my heart a tangled mess of longing and resentment.

Despite the tension, I ached for them, a central need gnawing at me. They were mine, my mates. I loved and missed them, but I still hated them.

‘I hate my mates,’ I echoed in my head. For some reason, it gave me a twisted satisfaction, because I meant it.

They had bullied me physically, and I was currently doing the emotional ‘bullying,’ and there was not much they could do about it.

‘But we are also affected’ My wolf whined, but I ignored her.

My wolf whined within me at the same time I felt the mate pull. It was so strong it almost knocked me over.

I better not be going in heat. What the fuck was that?

I was uncomfortable and I knew it was obvious. They could probably tell that I missed their touch and I wanted them. We were mates after all.

I missed their touch, and craved thei