Chapter 22 - Kaia

Zoe’s words from our argument just keep playing over and over in my head, even several days later.

“I’m tired of your shit!”

“Fucking leave! But I’m staying!”

“Please don’t hurt our mate!”

It’s like she’s choosing him over me.

She didn’t come home that night, staying with her family in their visitor cabin. When she did come home, it was strained between us.

It’s not like we’ve never had an argument. We’ve been friends for our whole lives. Of course we’ve been in fights.

But this is our first fight as mates. And it’s the first fight that we didn’t fix within a day of having it.

I got a whole lot more vulnerable in that coffee shop than I meant to. A whole lot more vulnerable than I really realized I was feeling.

I mean, I get that I’m not necessarily being all that rational about the whole being mated to Tomas thing, I completely get that.

I’ve just never felt like this before. Like I might not measure up to someone else. Like I might not be good enough. I me