MEL POV
I was trying hard not to let my visit with Roman sour the day. His resistance to our bond wasn’t new and just because he was learning about our kind didn’t mean he was going to embrace the knowledge. Robbie was right, as much as I hate to admit it. Nothing was going to erase what he thought he knew about us. What happened to his sister was the only proof he needed.
Keyla was quiet and not her usual self. I think she was starting to accept what I had been telling her all along. It was better that way. Being realistic and suffering now is better than getting our hopes up and suffering more later. The more you give in to the mate bond, the deeper you have to dig to remove it from you after.
Elder Becky had her own thoughts and plans but I wasn’t going to let them persuade me into b
