We sat on the balcony face to face with Benjamin and Roan. At first Benjamin didn't want to leave Maria alone in her room but we needed to talk to him and clear things out. It's already too much of a shock to find her in our gates, but the revelations made things more complicated.
"Okay. So Maria is your wife and mate," I started.
"Lourdes. Her name is Lourdes. And yes, she is my mate," he opened the upper buttons of his shirt and showed us his mark, a matching mark to that of Lourdes.
"How did you lose her?" I couldn't contain my curiosity. "If you don't mind my asking," I followed up seeing how Benjamin stiffened with the question.
He inhaled deeply and stared at the floor for a good minute before he exhaled and started to speak.
"I thought she died. I have accepted the fact tha
