Chapter 23 - Angelique

I felt like Lucas had kept himself distanced from me since our chat. Although he never said it, I knew that I was the reason behind his sudden absence. He was hoping that I would come around to his way of thinking, that I would accept our bond and that everything would return to the way it was when we were children. What Lucas didn’t understand is everything was different now. I was not the girl he remembered and he was certainly not the boy I remembered. When you are young, everything seems to easy, friendship, love even. But as adults it all becomes... messy.

My feelings for Lucas confused me the most. In my heart I longed for Lucas, and had to hold myself from not just falling into his embrace. But in the back of my mind, the thought that what I was feeling for him was all a consequence of the blood vow kept me from doing just that. But there was another issue, I knew that out there, my natural mate still roamed the earth, living and breathing. And when I was near Lysande