Chapter 75. Our Mate Is Missing

Rhys POV

The wrestling matches went on in sets, and despite how exciting they were, I was not too distracted because I noticed when Venus slipped out of her seat. It was on the tip of my tongue to call her back, but what would I have said?

I had been behaving like an ass all day, dodging conversations with her since she told me about the prospect of us being mates. I was not afraid of shouldering responsibilities, but mates?

The word alone reminded me of my father dying in his bed with no one except Matilda and me by his side. Where had his so-called mate been when he was dying from the inside out?

Serena had been in the arms of her lover, too selfish to care about his dying wish to see her one last time. That was the kind of woman I had as a mother, and the experience was enough to scare me from the responsibility