Chapter 67

ANDRES Her face reddened, eyes widened in shock, as if she were unexpectedly learning the smelling ability of a lycan. It's silly, how her little heart throbs each time I get close to her. Raising my hand, I let my thumb caress her cheek slowly. My thumb traced her scars. They cover a major part of her face, proof of something unknown to me. But what? Could it be something that is keeping her away from me? Indeed, I could feel her reluctance whenever I'm near; she's resisting me. The way she ran away an hour ago makes me wonder if she's even considering me at all. Why? What's stopping her? Or is there a fact of her wolf that is in a dormant state? But how did she fall into a dormant state? Many questions—yet no answer. Each time I look in her ivory eyes, they're fearful, they're restless, as if she's fighting herself from our bond. My years of experience may not grant me the power to read thoughts, but I can understand the story beneath people's eyes. And she's my mate; our bond is spe