Rejected.

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I expected Will to question me and probe me for answers that I myself didn't have, anyone else in his place would have drilled me for answers but instead he took a step closer to me and looked into my eyes as he spoke
"We will find her and we won't stop until we do" I nodded and walked towards the door so he wouldn't see the emotion in my eyes, it was regret. Regret that I would have to give him up, as if reading my mind, he spoke before I could leave the room
"Shanan when this is all over, I will leave. Once and for all, I know you want to leave your past behind you, where it belongs and there is no denying the fact that in order for you to move on I have to leave. So I will leave and in case I don't get a chance to say goodbye I want you to know that your father told everyone that you had killed your mother, he told us that you had run away. I denied it, I stood up for you against everyone and then I came to find you and when I did find you, you were running and covered in your mother's blood, I could smell her blood on you and without thinking I rejected you"

"Will I wish that made a difference but mates are meant to be by one another's side through thick and thin, they are meant to have this unconditional love that no doubt can destroy but we both let our hardships destroy a bond" Will shook his head
"Nothing can destroy our bond, we can ignore our bond but we can't destroy it" why was he telling me all this? Why now when I had made a decision to let him go? Didn't he realise how much harder he was making this for me?
"Well then I'm choosing to ignore our bond" I stated, he laughed but the laugh sounded forced
"It's ironic how they say mates change you and I'm the guy who never gives up and today for the first time I'm giving up, I'm letting you go for your own good and it kills me to give you up but I have to" I realised that he was admitting to wanting me
"What made you change your mind Will? Why are you suddenly admitting to having feelings for me?"
"Shanan your not the only one with secrets" when it was obvious that he would say no more I turned the door knob and made my way out
"Wait Shanan have you ever heard the say 'let your loved one go and if they come back they are yours and if they don't they were never yours to begin with?" I didn't answer, I just kept walking as though I hadn't heard him but I knew the same question kept running through both our minds; would I come back to him?

"Jared" I said as I saw him waiting outside the basement, waiting patiently for me.

Or would I choose to move on from Will?

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I've always been an advocate for strong independent women and I feel as though emotions just get in the way of that.

Does anyone else find the concept of 'love' far-fetched and hard to believe?