“Your scent is all over this w***e!” Lizbeth shouts in anger.”How could you? You’re mine! You were supposed to wait for me, we are meant to be together!” “Lizbeth, you are being delusional.” Veles tries to calm her down with a soothing tone. “There is nothing going on between us, there never was. I do not belong to you, because you cannot own people.” “But, you’re my mate. Don’t you love me any more?” Lizbeth wailed with tears in her eyes as she theatrically plopped herself down by the railing. “No, Lizbeth. I never loved you, I was never your mate.The answer was no 400 years ago and it is still the same today.” Veles shakes his head to emphasize the no in his answer. Ilona takes advantage of the distraction and slowly inches away from Lizbeth. Holding on to the railing and taking the