Chapter 57

She flinched as well.

"What? I'm the bad influence, remember?"

Her dad glanced at her, panic and fear on his face, but she knew why he looked at her. She knew what he was asking.

Is this your mate?

But She didn't nod, she didn't breathe, she didn't move.

Through the bond, that same cold, emptiness was coming from Zander's side of the bond.

"But you know, that might be the first name that isn't insulting. I've been called much worse, monster, killer, abomination, and many more, those are just the ones on the top of my head, but I have to say the one that's stuck-"

He spoke with a large smile on his face, making his words all the worse.

"Zan -" She began to interrupt him, finding her voice but then losing it once his icy blue orbs flickered to her, and his smile fell.

They looked at each other for a few seconds, through the bond the darkness cleared a bit, but when her father, who had used those few seconds to quickly back away to the door, took hold of her wrist and began to p