For a really long… long time… Autumn simply stared into Kieran's eyes.
Her fingers slowly clenched around his shirt and she yanked him close as if trying to ask… "Why?" Yet not a single word left her mouth.
Kieran sat there, patient, looking back at her with the same intensity… hoping for a reaction… retaliation… anything. But it never came.
" I… I shouldn't be here, Kieran!" Autumn tried to sit up.Tears slid down her cheeks. "You made vows to her, Kieran.You are a… married man! I shouldn't… "
" You are my mate… my fated… "
" You chose someone else! Lyla is your mate now! Please don't make this any more difficult than it already is… I am… I am not feeling very well… " She tried to push her way through but Kieran held her firm. " Feel like a whore right now…I feel illegitimate… like I have felt all my life… "
"I haven't rejected you,Autumn.You are still very much my mate…The legitimate one. " he said quietly.
