"Can I sit here?" I ask as I go around the tree and see Alexandersittng on a stump.
He doesn't look at me, but he doesn't protest either when I sit next to him. We just stay there, in silence for a while, only listening to the soft noise of running water from the river nearby.
"I don't know... I don't know what to do, Miraj." He finally says. He sounds so... defeated.
"I thought we're good..." I say.
"Yeah. We are not."
The silence takes over again. Alexander takes my hand. I look at him, but he turned his head, glaring into the distance.
"I love you..." I say and I feel through the mate bond that his heart skips a beat. But not with excitement or happiness, but fear... My heart shrinks.
"I do too." He answers and I calm down. Slightly. "But I can't erase the past. And I can't mov
