Chapter 50

“It’s not like my mark and the mating ceremony isn’t enough to display the fact that you’re mine, but just like them I want you to wear something—other than my mark—that also shows that you’re mine, it doesn’t have to be a ring or a necklace, I just want to own you completely, to know that no matter what you’ll never abandon me like I did you when you were first here. I can’t even imagine how you had felt because I really don’t want to. I was blinded by my greed, I didn’t want to let you go and yet I didn’t want to let you in…I must’ve seemed cruel…”

“Y-you were…At some point, I was dying to hate you even though I was fully aware that I couldn’t. I thought you’d never accept my feelings, I was certain you wouldn’t…and then after the pain, after the suffering…t-there came a blessing…y-you told me that you’d choose me.” Celeste wiped at her glossy eyes. “And even though you explain why so many times, I still don’t understand.”

Zillon sighed, spreading his arms. “Come here,