Chapter 10

“Are you ever going to talk about us?”

Lyles’s question is answered with foreboding silence, and he wishes he hadn’t come here in the first place, but he needed to know where he stood with his mate. Now, he wonders if this was how Crinka felt about her mate.

“Us? I really don’t know what you are talking about. To think you would disturb my breakfast to tell me something I know nothing about”.

“Your silence will send me to the grave, Anita. All I need is an answer.”

“And I said no. Is it so hard for you to comprehend Lyles? Things would have been easier if you didn’t have to share me with Leo. Things would have been better if I met you first, but I didn’t”.

“Leo is dead, Anita. Is this what you want? To be alone all your life? If you are so hellbent on not having my mark on your shoulder, just give me a son, and I will never bother you again.”

“What do you think I am, Lyles? A baby-making machine? Please, I didn’t let you in to get insulted. If you