Chapter 11. A Blessing

Astrid

'I returned to my room, flustered and confused. I had been so sure that we were finally going to... well. And then Magnus just pulled away, like he’d been burned. Groaning in frustration, I paced back and forth in my room, trying to make sense of it all.

What was going on with him? Why did he keep pushing me away? And why did I still want him so badly? No matter how sad and depressing my life was, I never thought this would be my relationship with my mate.

I sat on my bed wishing he had only been an ordinary man. Maybe a farmer or something. That way, we’d be ordinary people who just lived together− happily. I was sad, very sad. No point in denying that. Goddess! I groaned again as I fell face down on my bed.

I got up and paced for what felt like forever, before I stopped pacing and looked at myself in the mirror. My cheeks were flushed, my eyes sparkling with unshed tears. I took a deep breath and tried to calm down, telling myself it was jus