DARREN I probably did something horrible in my past life to deserve all this. Skylar left first, refusing me to take her to her room, and I just stood there staring at the empty space before my eyes. She couldn't be serious about it. Dragon gods, please tell me that she was not serious! Was she really going to reject me if she ever found out that I was her mate? I knew that she had a hard life before the Alpha Island, but this… One would think that someone like her would be happy to find a mate. A mate is the one person that was supposed to accept you unconditionally, to love you until the end of your days and maybe even further. This was a person you were supposed to share your whole life with, the one and only who would be able to understand you and be with you in spite of everything.