Chapter 16. Signs and Warnings (Part 2)

“Physically painful, huh? I remember when she just got up and left earlier. I thought it was just the guilt of thinking that, again, I did something wrong… but then… It hurt, and… scared me,” he whispered to himself as his thoughts went back to the present, as he kept looking through the kitchen window.

Suddenly, he gasped at how his ideas were flowing...

“What the hell, Eron, are you really thinking that she could be your mate? You can’t have a mate, remember? You’re just fooling yourself, man, so… stop being an idiot! Your perfect brother found his perfect mate, but you’re NOT him, remember?” he scolded himself angrily, “You just stop fooling yourself over small things and go back to your tent, okay?”

But then, for some reason, he just… stayed... almost hypnotized by the sweetest smile that his lady had, as she sat in her kitchen, enjoying the care and love of her children.

“The beauty of the simple things,” he said, unable to avoid seeing himself being par