#Chapter 40: Untrue

Rowena

I ran.

I ran so fast that the cold wind hitting my cheeks caused my tears to blow back across my face, into my hair. I ran so fast that I lost all of the breath from my lungs. I ran so fast that my knees felt weak and my feet stung from slapping against the pavement.

And it still didn’t feel fast enough.

Eric’s calls after me had long since faded, and I still hadn’t stopped. Even as the warriors’ village faded into the distance and all that was around me were the towering trees and the sounds of the night time creatures, I refused to stop.

No, I had to keep running. Because maybe, if I ran fast and far enough, it wouldn’t be true.

Eric was my mate.

Or at least, that was what he had said. I could still hear his voice in my ears when he had uttered those words.

“You are my mate!” he had said.

We had both stood there in stunned silence after he had said those words, and at first, I couldn’t help but laugh. In fact, I laughed so hard that I doubled over, clutching my stomach as sti