"Lysa... I'm sorry. I didn't know. I thought because you are the only one on shift today that..." Kara whispered while she placed her hand on my shoulder to comfort me.
I forced myself to smile, feeling foolish for harboring such feelings toward an Alpha.
"Don't worry about it, Kara. I think I was just... being ridiculous. Maybe that day, I smelled him; I must have overanalyzed it."
Kara looked at me with brows drawn with worry.
"Ridiculous? Lysa, no. You had every reason to think…the mate bond, that was exactly how it should be. Alpha Kade, for sure, has felt it, too. And if he didn't want it, he should have rejected you; shouldn't have given you those looks every time he came here for treatment."
I shook my head, choking from the lump in my throat and the pain in my chest.
"Looks aren't enough, Kara. I guess I had read too much into things that were never there. I was the only one holding on to something that never existed. The Moon Goddess would never make the mistake of being the only one to feel the mate bond. I'm sure I had made a mistake."
Kara's face softened, knowing that I had a point. She pitied me but had that fire in her eyes, telling me not to give up.