MICHAELS POV
Anaiah was giving me mixed signals and I was very confused by her behavior. I wished there was an easy way of knowing what was going on in that head of hearts, but I couldn’t because we hadn’t even performed the mating ritual. I couldn't force her to do that because I knew that she would take the opportunity as a chance to expose me to the elders. The truth was that I was really at her mercy. I didn’t want her to know this, but she probably knew that because if I was to do things right with her this time I would have to go through the elders. If she went to the elders and told them that she didn’t want me, they would tell me that it was best if we broke the mate bind. I hated how the tables had turned, I had gone from being desperate to make the mate bond with her to be despe
