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..."

to him," Colin says again. "Only decide when you've have all the

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

to understand what I truly wanted more

him?" Colin asks, mildly

the question. Taboo or not, I am now in a position of power and

making excuses again, because I'm

never forget the tear of the bond as he rejected me. That pain could have killed me, I felt it run so deeply,

whole body still longed for my

that void? And what if he

together, still feel the pull, even without Lucy's presence

we've ever really

emotions; relationships... Consistently, we have failed in every

myself up to another? What if, in turning him away outright,