Page 2 of Monster's Melody
The sceneon the dock between Vorzak and the beautiful woman waiting for him there was an eye-opener for me.
I walked away, completely disillusioned, and as a result, spent my entire holiday break lecturing myself and preparing to return to Blackthorn Academy as a new woman.
I’d wasted entirely too much time mooning over that idiotic gorgon and I wasn’t going to continue down that path anymore.
Clearly, I wasn’t as special as I’d believed, considering how his snakes had interacted with the other woman.
They’d been absolutely delighted to see her, weaving and waving before Vorzak had even reached the dock.Then, they’d greeted her by nudging her and petting her hair and fawning all over her.
Until that moment, I’d believed that I was the only one they’d ever treated so excitedly.
They’d never danced or waved at anyone else at the Academy that I’d seen, which had given me a false sense of confidence.
I’d been absolutely convinced that I was Vorzak’s mate and it was only a matter of time before he’d realize it.
Unfortunately, despite his snakes’ enthusiastic greeting every time they caught sight of me, Vorzak was a blind idiot.
He never even noticed me!
Not once.
It was like I didn’t even exist.
Sure, we’d never had any classes together, and I wasn’t exactly in his circle of friends.We’d never even found ourselves at the same table for a meal at the Academy, but still.
You’d think a supernatural creature like a gorgon would be more in tune with his snakes and the people around him.You’d think he’d sense it when his mate was near!
That moment on the docks, though, when his snakes were all over an entirely different woman, I realized I wasn’t so special after all.All this time, I’d been blaming Vorzak for not noticing me, but clearly, I’d been wrong.
He hadn’t noticed me because hewasn’tmy mate.
It took me a while to accept this because I’d been so convinced for so long and let’s be real, I found the man to be the utter epitome of everything I’d ever wanted in a mate.
The whole package was just so damn electrifying.
The tattoos, the lip ring, that body.
The snakes, though.The way they weaved and waved at me.The way they danced anytime they caught sight of me.I’d fallen in love with them.
By contrast, I’d never had any interactions with Vorzak.We’d never even been officially introduced, so I had no idea whether I’d even like the man.
But his snakes.
Iadoredthem.
They were the reason my heart broke on that dock.Because they were the hardest dream to give up.
The truth was my obsession with Vorzak may have actually prevented me from recognizing my true mate, who might still be out there, perhaps even at Blackthorn Academy.
It was imperative, therefore, that I accept reality, so that I’d be able to recognize my mate, whoever he might be, even if it turned out he didn’t have a headful of snakes for me to fall in love with.
The idea of it was so wrong, though, so difficult to accept—that Vorzak wasn’t my mate, that his snakes weren’t mine to adore and that somewhere out there, was someone else I was meant to be with.
It wasn’t easy, but by the time my month of holidays was over, I’d managed to harden my heart to Vorzak (not that he’d even notice), and to accept that we were never meant to be.
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