Chapter 90 Time To Be Honest

• Malena’s POV
• “Why, Lena?” he asked, his voice breaking as tears poured from his eyes. The sight of him so broken wrenched my heart in ways I cannot describe. I don’t even know why I did what I did all those years ago — but one thing I know for sure is that I shattered my mate.
• The truth is, I was young… naïve… and frightened. I didn’t understand the weight of what fate had handed me. I was terrified that I had made a mistake and that Mayi wasn’t truly my mate. For us witches and wizards, recognizing our fated partners is not as simple as it is for others. It takes training — awareness of what we call familiar spirits — a shared spiritual resonance that binds mates together. But I had not yet been trained in that aspect.