Chapter 188
Zora
After my devastating conversation with Maximus, I was a shell of a human. Any hope I had that I could keep all of my fated mates, was gone. I should’ve known. A happy ending wasn’t meant for me.
Monday morning, I dragged my ass out of bed and to training with valentin. When I arrived at the gym, both Kairos and Maximus were missing. Valentin stood in the low light of the morning, arms crossed over his chest. Immediately, he could sense something was up with me. His eyes narrowed in on the dark bags under my own.
“Are you ill?” he said, softly.
I shook my head. “Just sleeping like shit.”
“Just that?”
I gave Valentin a pointed look. His gold eyes bore into me. I weighed my options in the back of my mind before sighing and reaching up to rub my temples. I dropped my hands back to slap against my thighs.
“This multiple fated mate thing is looking bleak,” I mumbled.
Valentin raised an eyebrow. “How so? You heard what your mother said. She believes the only way to get to the truest form of your power is to consummate all your bonds.”
“I know!” I snapped then shot him a scathing look. “But apparently, not everyone is on board.”
I watched Valentin’s jaw tick. His face was still a mask of indifference. He nodded then looked away from me before murmuring softly.
“I see,”
“Have you known many wolves with multiple fated mate bonds?” pressed.
Valentin shook his head. “No,” he said. “I only know what I’ve read.”
“So, you know what happens when not all of the bonds are completed?”
Valentin snapped his head to look me in the eyes. His mask was wanning into a look of terror. His eyes shifted to dark along the floor.
“And I’ve smelled Wolfham on you,” he mumbled, mainly to himself. His eyes were still rapidly darting across the floor. “Oh, Gods-”
“Yeah,” I snapped. “We’re fucked.”
“Not necessarily,” Valentin jerked back to look at me. “Wolfham could still sever the bond.”
“And shorten his life?” I scoffed. “No thanks. Plus, I don’t exactly want to get rid of it.”
Valentin’s jaw ticked again. Was he…jealous? The gall of him to be jealous when I’d basically thrown myself at him from the start. I scoffed again and crossed my arms over my chest, turning away with the shake of my head.
“We could do it the other way.”

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