15. Athena
My heart and my whole body hurt.
It was almost unbearable and I hated the fact that I was so weak.
'It’s okay, all will be well,' Snow’s soft voice whispered in my mind, but I could feel her pain too.
She was suffering just as much as I was. Her mate was rejecting her, treating her as if she didn’t exist, and it hurt her deeply.
'I hope it will be well, Snow,' I replied weakly, but deep down, I wasn’t sure.
The pain was too much. It wasn’t the physical pain of pleasure, but the deep, searing pain of betrayal and heartbreak. The pain deep in my soul that no medicine could heal.
Javier’s words echoed in my mind, and I winced, my body trembling with the weight of it all. He hated me. My mate abhorred me.
For six long years, I had endured this pain, thinking he would cha
