Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 0153

Chapter 153

That doesn't work on Colin, not right now.

"There's lots to talk about," he says.

He's not letting me out of this conversation so easily, especially not when it's so clearly bothering me.

"Alaric wants to pursue you, but now you also have the eye of a second chance mate," Colin says. He glances at me. "How does that make you feel?"

"Overwhelmed, to be honest." And, okay, maybe I do need to talk about it. I didn't want to at first, but now that the floodgates are open, all my thoughts and feelings come pouring out. "Alaric, I don't know if I can trust him not to hurt me again, but I at least know him. Noel... he's a stranger.

"He comes out of nowhere, a wanderer like Landon, and then claims to be mated to me? I don't know anything about him. None of us really do."

"Landon does," Colin says. "You should speak to him. Perhaps he could give you more information on Noel. Though, if he thought Noel was a terrible man, he wouldn't be friends with him. If he thought Noel would be a terrible partner for you, he would have stepped in and halted everything that went on. He didn't."

"I don't know..."

Colin says again. "Only decide when you've

and one I should listen to. But hearts and emotions aren't very practical things. Even if I wanted to consider Noel, my feelings for Alaric feel

my moral compass in times like these; she always seemed to understand what I truly wanted more than even I did.

him?" Colin

strange for someone to fake a mate bond, but it's not out of the

just making excuses

I hate it. I had loved Alaric fiercely in the past, and was so incredibly dedicated. I will never forget the tear of the bond as he rejected me. That pain could have killed me, I felt it run so deeply, down into my bones

whole body still longed for my

And what if he did a better

feel the pull, even without Lucy's presence to help feel the

sex is all we've ever really been

Consistently, we have

What if, in turning him away outright, I could be missing on my true