“She’ll come around,” Emily assured Finn after his mate had left the apartment.
“I don’t know what I’ll do if she doesn’t,” Finn replied morosely. He had hoped that Emily rejecting him would help to convince Lily that she could still trust him, but from her reaction, it didn’t seem like it had helped at all.
The tightness that Finn had felt in his chest when Emily had rejected their bond had been far less painful and had lasted for much less time than he had been expecting. If Lily had stayed to talk to him, he would have told her that he suspected it was because his bond with her was so deeply solidified that his bond with Emily had weakened, resulting in a rejection that barely affected him.
“She loves you Finn, but I don’t blame her for feeling insecure. Once you reject the bond w
