Chapter 172

Freya’s POV

“Have you heard?” Xena runs up to me from behind after just looking at a poster pinned to the notice board we had just walked past seconds ago.

School is over, and I just want to get to my bed and make out with it for the next few hours.

Xena, on the other hand, has quickly bounced back from her depressive episode since seeing that I really don’t hate her now.

I’m happy that at least one thing in my life hasn’t changed so much, but then, there’s the guilt again from knowing that she’s purposely avoiding her mate because of me.

I don’t know much about mates but I knew that they needed to be close to each other as often as possible, especially when the bond hadn’t been finalized.

Despite her act of trying to look and appear ‘okay’, I know she isn’t, but I don’t pry.

I want to be greedy for the first time and have something to myself.

That’s something. Being a friend, for as long as I could before she had to leave me.