Joanna's words were not the deciding factor in my relationship with Michael. All I cared about was why Michael didn't want to mark me.
Michael kept saying he was doing it for my feelings, but the marking wasn't the most challenging thing to do. All the mates I saw were marked after they had found each other unless they hadn't decided whom they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with.
Besides, how could Michael know what I was thinking? All I could do was sense Michael's emotions. Mate's senses weren't telepathic, so that was a fake excuse.
I pushed him away with the hand that had just hooked onto him and said coldly, "Nothing is affecting me. Since you don't want to mark me, then forget it. I want to go back to my parents."
As soon as I said that, I waited for Michael to ask me to stay. He said that I belonged to him and that this was my home. With my understanding of him, he wouldn't let me go.
