It was already a few minutes after midnight. Ian and Anaya were still awake, their bodies entangled together.
Despite the need to get intimate, Ian held back opting to simply cuddle his beloved. A peaceful silence hang between them.
While Ian was simply a nocturnal person, Anaya couldn't sleep because she slept away half of her day. So, here they way, laying around in bed.
It was then that Anaya decided to talk avoid one of her insecurities; Lila. No matter how much she wished she could ignore things, her heart wasn't at ease with the closeness between her mate and soul sister.
She couldn't help but blame her mother for it. That woman made her feel inferior to her peers and discredited her so much that years later, she was still not over it.
Anaya trusted Lila with many things. The rational part of her heart knew that it was impossible for her mate to have such a relationship with the other.
