"I didn't do anything to win your brother's heart, Zoe. It just happened." Viola remarked, tucking strands of silver hair behind her friend's ear, but Zoe was too restless to stand still and began pacing around the room, chewing her nails and pinching at strands of her own hair. Viola watched her go back and forth until she felt dizzy trying to keep up and simply sat down instead.
If she were ever asked how she had won Sebastian over, she genuinely wouldn't have a story to give, their first meeting had been a complete mess, and she had been a real pain to him in almost every way afterward, and yet he had still stuck around. Probably because of the irresistible mate bond he carried.
"Oh, I forgot, you and hermano are mates. You don't have to do anything and he would be at your beck and call." Zoe mused miserably, wishing desperately she could reach back through time and unsend that message, but what had been done had been done.
