Page 388 of Fated Mates of the Titan Empire

I tried to convince Dyrel to go back to Star Cross’d Lovers and choose from the many other alien species who could do what he needed them to. They were obsessed with Titan culture.

I was a stranger to this place. I knew nothing about the Titans because they hadn’t existed until a few short days ago.

He point-blank refused to listen to my concerns.

He wanted me.

But I was going to fail him. I was going to make him lose his inheritance and, after being kind to me, he didn’t deserve that.

So, I took off.

I’d never been great at confronting my limitations and failures. And that was not about to change now.

I was deep in the heart of the park now and peered around. I saw few Titans. One was walking a pet. It looked remarkably like a dog until I got a good look at it. It had no fur and his eyes perched on stalks.

And over there, a couple sat on a bench. When they caught me looking, they hastily grabbed their things and left.

I ran away. Now what was my plan?

I would go and find help, find someone to direct me to the local police station. I could inform them I’d been abducted and now needed to return home. Surely with a civilization as advanced as Titans, they would take pity on me?

I heard laughter.

I spied three silhouetted figures, big and hulking, standing beneath a tree, hands in their pockets. A dull mist drew across them like a curtain.

Did I notice them turn in my direction? Had they noticed me?

I suddenly felt very self-conscious. I was a woman in a park late at night. It wasn’t exactly the smartest idea in the world, at least not on Earth. Maybe it was different here?

I turned and hustled away, heading deeper into the park.

I was lost. I could always turn back and return to Dyrel, but the thought of failing him, of me being the reason he lost his inheritance…

I wiped the tears from my eyes.

It was too much.

I pressed on.

Anything was better than that.

Anything.

The mist descended so thickly and fast I was suddenly unsure which direction I should be heading in.

I paused and checked over my shoulders. The path faded within a few yards into the mist.

I needed to get back to the city, I told myself. I needed to find a late-night cafe where I could get directions.

I turned and pressed on.

From Dyrel’s apartment building, the park looked like it’d been built in a rough square. I would find one of the edges if I just kept going.

Snap.

Something broke in the dull mist.

Twigs didn’t snap by themselves.

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