(Isabella)
After we chose each other we made each other ours in every way possible. I didn't know a sense of such possessiveness could accompany a sense of belonging, of freedom.
I felt tethered to him in a way that only made me lighter. There was never one regret that this wasn't the choice for me, and definitely not even a fleeting thought that he wasn't it.
I knew it was him, only him, and I never had to worry about that whole dating thing again. But more than that, he made me feel free, he never once held me back and only encouraged me to go after anything I wanted to do.
This sense of true partnership, felt foreign at first until I leaned into it and accepted it. Then it turned into something so normal and natural.
Something complete.
I looked over at my mate, his brown hair f
