Page 54 of Fae's Mate
A frown passes over her face, but is quickly replaced with a grin.
She knows.
I follow her back to the group and plonk down on a cushion next to Riley.
“Well, I suppose it will be easier to tell you all at once.” I hedge. I wasn’t prepared for this.
“Tell us what?”
I take a deep breath and decide to just come out with it. There’s no point in mincing my words. “I’ve decided to stay.”
“WHAT?”
“You can’t be serious.”
“Are you fucking kidding me?”
Yasmin signs something frantically to Alex, and Alana stays quiet.
“Has he tricked you?” Alex asks, “Drugged you, glamoured you… blackmailed you?”
“No,” I insist, “It’s nothing like that. It’s my decision.”
“Are you sure you’ve thought this through?” Amber asks me. Her tone, at least, is gentle.
“I have… I wasn’tforcedto decide. In fact, I made it sooner than I think even he expected me to.”
“What about pizza, T.V…” Yazmin asks innocently.
“I’m sure I’ll be fine without those things,” I laugh.
“You’re seriously willing to give your whole life up for a man you just met?”
I sigh, not sure how to explain it so they will understand.
“I know, it’s only been two weeks, but… the bond isreal. It’s like… we were made for each other. It sounds ridiculous, I know it does, even to me, but… I knew there was a connection between us. I felt it the first day we arrived here, the moment I saw him. I tried to ignore it, to fight it, but as time went on, it got stronger. Then when I accepted to bond, everything sort of… clicked into place. I don’twantto leave… I don’t want to leave him.”
Even as I say the words, a knot forms in my throat.I’m not leaving him, I have to remind myself.
“This is crazy,” Alex huffs.
“So what, when they re-open the portal, you’re just going to stay?” Riley asks, a hint of judgement in his tone.
“Yeah,” I nod.
The group is quiet for a moment as they absorb what I have said. It is Alana who breaks the silence.
“What’s it like, accepting the bond?”
I can’t help but smile.
“It’s… magical… I felt it. I felt the connection complete, like a bright light of magicfusedus together. Nothing has ever felt more… right.”
Alana’s eyes glaze over, while the others all look at me with disbelief. I decide to plough ahead with everything I need to tell them.
“There were… a couple of side effects.”
Eyebrows rise all around me.
