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Chapter 115 - One Soul For One Soul

𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐋

The entire tribunal froze, his words hanging in the air like a blade ready to drop. My eyes nearly fell out of my sockets; I was almost too stunned to speak.

​Almost.

​"What do you mean by that?" I growled, rising to face the old mortal. "We say we don't want this, and you speak of completing the mate bond?"

​He looked upon me with an expression that resembled pity. "I don't understand—"

​But it did nothing but stoke the flames of my frustration to a roar. "Then explain to me before I remind you of your place."

​Everything had fallen apart in a blink. The bottomless void in my chest had grown wider, deeper, hungrier. I was crumbling in the aftermath. Nothing made sense anymore. Nothing had gone as planned. On my way to acquire what I wanted, I had only lost another piece of me.

​I was scarred. Tainted by mortal suffering. Disfigured by a concept I'd never wanted any part of. I was losing yet another thing I could never get back: my perfection and untouched skin.

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