chapter 10(3)

But how did I really even expect anything more? I should have known that even me finding him was doomed from the start. Jonah sits down and I look at the podium, trying to pretend I am not sitting next to my mate. His aura falls over me and I grip the arms of the chairs. “How is his aura stronger than ours?” Kora whimpers in my head. I have no answer for her either. My mother is the strongest one here, or so I thought. Yet his aura would easily match hers as it tumbles and rushes through me. Glancing at my mother, she is staring at me. When our eyes meet, she pulls her gaze away and continues whatever she was saying. Stumbling over her words, I try to focus on her but find I can’t. Gritting my teeth, his aura rolls over me again, smashing me. I barely hold in the whimper. Goddess, what is this? Why is he doing this? “Stop, please,” I whisper when I feel him drop it slightly. Kyan leans closer on the arm of his chair, yet I remain frozen under his aura. Unable to move. “Not here,” his v