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out and the other is passed out. What the hell happened that you ran?
 You don t know anything, okay? I shouted, not caring when we started to draw a crowd.
 They hurt me, Ayden. But your lack of confidence is heartwarming. After everything, you think I
would do something to them and just leave? What the hell, man? Haven t I always had your back?
Haven t I thrown myself time and time again in the way of the Alpha to save you? Now suddenly you
assume I did something wrong when there s trouble. I came back for some clean clothes and to get a
little space. I think I m allowed that!
 Tyler, I didn t mean it like that, he said gently.
 Yeah right. I saw the judgment in your eyes. You re growling at me when I walk in like it s all
my fault. Whatever. Why would anyone care what I m feeling? Everyone just uses me for what they
want, but I m the one everyone blames. The Alpha blamed me for you leaving, Asterio blames me for
the way I am, you blame me because they screwed up. Well, fuck all of you!
I turned and stormed up the stairs. Fuck it. I was so out of here! I was taking a shower and a nap
and then packing my shit and hitting the road.
 I didn t mean it was his fault, Ayden said from downstairs just as I got to my room. I assumed
he was talking to Darcy. Yeah, he had a mate that would be there for him and comfort him even when
he stuck his foot in his mouth. Me? Oh no. Mine shoved me off the couch and the other one demanded
that I change who I am.
Great. Just fucking great.
I yanked off my clothes once I was in my room and jumped in the shower. I scrubbed my skin so
hard that I was surprised I wasn t covered in cuts and bleeding. It was like I thought if I washed them
off me I wouldn t break down crying.
It worked until after I finished and dried off. The instant I crawled into my cold bed alone, I felt
their loss and all the pain from my life seemed to drown me. Tears burned in my eyes as my despair
seemed to build. I just wanted some sleep, not that I cared if I ever woke up again. After all, what did
I have to look forward to?
Chapter 7
Asterio
I was sitting at the back of what I heard someone call the media room and mini theater. I didn t
know what media even was or a theater? We had a theater back home for plays, but it was outside
with a stage. So all around, everything in the world confused me. I just wanted my mates calming
presence. I didn t want to know more about this world and explore it without them.
After Tyler had left, no one would let me go after him. It s not like I could just walk around until
I found him. And I didn t know how to drive one of those metal machines. They wouldn t let me call
him on the phone, which was an ingenious invention, and said to leave him to cool off. I respected my
Queen but right then I was pissed at her. I didn t think she had any right to get involved in my mating.
I mean, what if all Tyler wanted was for me to come after him and make things better? What if
giving him space just put more space between us that I couldn t fix later?
And what the hell was I going to do about Mav? The Queen said she put him to sleep until my
blood worked itself out of his system and he returned back to normal. How long would that take? And
how did I ever explain that I upset Tyler so badly that he left?
The show started and I felt overwhelming sadness. Tyler came up with this idea to help me and
my people. Now he wasn t even here to see if it helped because I drove him away. I was a horrible
mate. I had no excuse, but I did have a few reasons that I handled things poorly. I really prayed to the
gods that if I just got a chance to explain to Tyler that he d understand.
As lost in my own thoughts as I was, I couldn t take my eyes off the show. They had the coolest
inventions in this world. These TVs that showed pictures were fantastic. I felt like I was standing
right there at the places it showed. It moved to show the whole Earth and I heard gasps around the
room. That s where we were? That huge planet?
Then it changed views to show how the sun moved around, but that wasn t what the woman was
saying. She said the Earth and other planets moved around the sun and that was just one solar system.
I d have to look up what that was later, but it sounded big.
I liked her voice. It was soothing. I heard one of my friends ask who she was.
 That s Sigourney Weaver. She s an actress who plays characters in movies, a vampire
warrior, Ferris, explained. That had a bunch of people asking more questions.  Okay, maybe we need
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