Forty five

Emma walked to her side and sat at the edge of the chair and very gently touched her previous friend’s shoulders.

“Please don’t say that.” Emma said. “It’s not your fault. It’s my fault too. I should have known it was luke who was mated to you. If I had rejected him, then you and I would still be best friends and everything will go back to normal and be just like the way it was before.

Rachel cried more and Emma had to hug her friend as she felt the burden and sorrow pour into her own self.

“But it’s me. I was so horrible to you.” Rachel said. “You had been nothing but a sister to me and I had treated you like dirt. I don’t know why or how you’ll forgive me.”

“But i get it Rachel. You were hurting. I should have told you about Luke the moment I discovered that he was my mate. I know you feel betrayed believe me and to be honest. I didn’t want to come back to town. I was worried about it when Luke told me that we were moving back here I was against it. But then I thought about you and