"General Jin." A young woman placed her hand on the General's firm shoulder in consolation. His mate had not even given him a chance to woo her and simply run away. Ira did not understand why the woman would be so foolish. If it was none of the Earth humans , Ira would have understood that she may be she did not understand the circumstances. But from what she had heard, the girl was from Icicles!
Jin Teng slowly pulled away from the hand and stood up, walking away from Ira. He and Ira had been lovers on and off but now that he had a mate, her touch felt alien and repulsive to him. Of course, she knew that he would not be able to take her touch any more. Her efforts to console were not going to help him. Because he just needed to learn to live with the newfound knowledge that his fated mate was a woman he could not love.
