"Because I've been rejected before." Acaisia breathed out. It took me seconds to understand what she was saying to me. I knew my face is one of pure shock at this point. "You aren't my first mate." She summed up. I stared at her as I went through the motions. Confusion hit me first. How could she have had another mate? And what the hell happened? Panic and fear hit me next. Is this why she was so cold to me? Did she plan to reject me? Acaisia said she had been the one rejected, but I find it hard to believe that anyone would reject her. I know that I barely know her, but already I couldn't picture us apart. What could have went wrong with her first mate? Sadness is the last major emotion I felt. I can't imagine how hard that was for her, how much it must have hurt. If Acaisia