Chapter 50

Mia's POV

I was tossing in my bed, worrying about Maya. I had just gotten back from Maya's room, where I had gone right after I helped Lycidas settle into Martha's room. I had been eager to share some more gossip about the pompous fool, but the sight of Maya blew everything right out of my mind.

She had been extremely sick, and some of her wounds that Mabel stitched had opened again. The skin around the wound seemed to be decaying. I couldn't stop the tears from flowing again.

Once more, my selfishness had made things go south. If only I had let Maya recover…but no! I just had to excite her with the news of Lycidas.

Lycidas.

How I hated that name. My hands clenched as I thought of how his face had glowed as he talked about finding his mate, Mia. The love they would share and all that, which seemed to favour him more than it did Mia, though he didn't seem to realise.

Surely, I couldn't be his mate, could I? My palms clenched at the thought. I simply couldn't be the mate if the guy that