CHAPTER 49

Archer

I feel like I have made so much progress, she's closer to me and affectionate, and I am to her.

The excitement I felt when Hola agreed to come on the retreat was hard to contain, to say the least.

It was getting better and even our biggest secret of her being my mate has been revealed, for reasons unknown her parents handled it a little better than we expected.

I was thankful for that at least.

I planned to take our relationship further and I planned to tell her sooner than later, but honestly, something is holding me back.

I'm not sure if it's the potential of her feeling pressured or still slightly hurt by my past rejection, I just knew I was nervous and I wanted to take responsibility for my actions.

For most of my life, I've always had the fear of having a mate, plainly because I wanted to protect her from danger as I had numerous enemies and I didn't think I needed a mate at that time too.

I always thought I would be alone, but that's not the case and to be honest, it's ta