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His chest puffed up. “You’ve seen our child? Why didn’t you tell me? You’re so quick to attack me for being silent, and you’re keeping back just as much.”
“Maybe this is a sign we’re a bad match,” I somehow managed to say. “We don’t trust each other.”
Oh my God. How did this conversation turn so wrong, so quickly?
“You refuse to give me a chance.” He shook his head. “Never have you said I’m your prisoner, but you treat me like one. I must be locked away, and I can’t be myself. If I am, I’m not welcome in your life. You said if I loved you, I would stay. If you loved me, you wouldn’t have asked me to change.”
I hiccupped, sobbing. “Like I said, it’s a sign. We’re not good together. This was a mistake.” My hand instinctively went to my stomach, and the reality hit me that I was about to be a single mother.
His eyes honed in on that gesture. “I see.” He stormed out of the room, making his way to the back door.
I followed him, trying to think of anything that could possibly save what remained of our relationship. “Lucian, I’m sorry.”
I wanted to say that we’d be better in his realm. That I’d change for him. But the words stuck in my throat and wouldn’t spill forth.
“This is my fault,” he ground out. “I was the one foolish enough to think the fated mate bond was real. That I could earn your love. I know now that’s not how this works. You’re the most incredible woman I’ve ever met. When you let me see your heart, it’s gorgeous. I love you. I don’t think you want me to, though.”
So much pain was in his dark eyes, it broke my heart to see it.
His body hunched forward, and skin melted into scales.
I stumbled back, afraid and in awe of what was about to happen.
Soon, his whole body had transformed into a huge dragon. With a few graceful beats of his wings, he lifted into the sky. I watched him fly into the clouds and disappear from view.
I fell to my knees and broke down into sobs. The best thing to ever happen to me had just flown out of my life for good.
Chapter 13.
LUCIAN
“This was a mistake.”Katerina’s final words echoed in my head like a death knell.
She’d touched her stomach as she’d said it, and the message was loud and clear. The baby wasn’t wanted.Iwasn’t wanted. Everything we’d been building towards together these past few months was a lie. She didn’t even think enough of me to invite me to that medical appointment that is one of the highlights of a pregnancy.
My anger was divided. Yes, I was mad at her for keeping so much from me. For not giving our relationship the chance we deserved. However, I also knew I could have done so much more to make her feel safe and comfortable. She didn’t open up to me for a reason, and it was because I’d let her down.
I’d stupidly believed that if I kept my thoughts and feelings to myself, that she’d see me as patient and attentive—selfless—ready to step up and be an amazing father to our unborn child. Obviously, that wasn’t the right approach, and I didn’t understand what she wanted from me.
Why did I continue to get it all wrong?
You know why, I chided myself.It’s because you’ve never learned how to love. It’s like the blind trying to lead the blind.
That’s why I’d failed so epically.
