Pregnant Rejected Mate: Shifter Kidnapping Romance (Aurora Dragon Island Book 3) by Luna Walker

Author:Luna Walker [Walker, Luna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16 - Sierra

I can feel his dragon eyes boring into the back of my head, waiting for something I’m unwilling to give right now.

He’s torn—it was plain to see how the color drained from his face when I couldn’t tell him that I loved him back. This time, I’m the one hiding something from him. It’s only to protect myself.

When I hear the whoosh of wind beneath his webbed wings in the air outside, I know he’s left the vicinity of the balcony. Relief washes over me then, permitting me to turn around and gaze at the afternoon sky forlornly. Sighing, I finally allow the tears I’d been stifling to fall from my eyes, falling in a heap on the floor simultaneously.

I can’t afford to be broken again, but right now, I’m breaking to pieces, sobbing uncontrollably into my hands that feel tingly. My body feels tingly from our passionate tryst on the mountain.

It’s everything I could have dreamt of and more. Yet, I remember how hard it’d been to navigate the trials of heartbreak. Deep down, I don’t think he’d hurt me again. I just can’t drop the walls that had been built so gallantly just to risk being hurt a second time.

***

Seven Years Ago

Time doesn’t feel the same anymore. The construct of time itself has become foreign to me. Dragging my feet down the hall toward my class, I barely pay attention to those around me.

I haven’t even been able to make friends in college. I couldn't care less about the usual frivolities of college life. I’m only attending because Felix has paid my entire tuition upfront. It was pointless staying at home and wallowing in my sorrows, allowing them to consume me whole.

It’s not like it’s any different right now, maneuvering the daily routine just to get by. I can barely pay attention to my classes, grasping little of what I should be learning while my mind runs a mile a minute, suffering through the memories of the months when Felix was still around.

I don’t care about what happens to me. I’d even considered going back to Louisa, going back to my dad’s home to suffer the torment he offers. Just so that I don’t have to be alone anymore.

I hate being alone because it means Felix isn’t with me anymore. Wherever he is, I can only hope that he’s happy. Though happiness is a far stretch for me.

Navigating the hallway, I round the corner leading to my class without really seeing in front of me.

Crash!

Warmth spreads over the front of my t-shirt when I collide with a disposable coffee cup that lands on the floor. I’m prompted to look up into the wide eyes of a stranger.

“I’m sorry,” I apologize with little emotion. I’m the one that has coffee spilled over my chest, the woman in front of me getting away without a drop spilled on her clipboard.

“Don’t apologize, honey,” she says sweetly, reaching for the now-empty cup on the floor. When she straightens up, she winces at the sight of me standing there unabashedly in ruined clothes.

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