63. True Mates

Valeria charged at him, and this time she was too fast for Koda to detect. That's when she gave him another sla.sh of the divine dagger over his chest, making a clean cut.

“We are mates!” He said bitterly, covering the new wound with his fingers.

“No. We're not!” She replied without hesitation. “I'd rather die than be your mate!”

The words hurt him more than the dagger did, but it wasn't enough