Chapter 23

"Because you are my mate."

Mate. 

She has heard him say this word before. She thought that he called her mate because he thought of her as a friend. But now she is sure the word 'mate' has a different meaning. 

"What is a mate?" She asked him. 

"Mate is our other half, the one with whom we are destined to spend our life with. Someone who is our equal in every senses, the one who completes us." He said. 

Thea was awwed by hearing him. 

"Like a soulmate?" She asked. 

He gave her a swift node. "You could say that." He said. 

Realisation dawned upon Thea. She is his mate! She felt a blush forming on her cheeks at the thought of it. 

She is his mate. Mate. 

It feels so good to say it. 

She is meant to be his, ju