"Alpha Damon cares about you," Arya said to Talia while folding the map.
"That's what fated mates do," Talia responded. "They care for each other unconditionally."
"So I heard," Arya said in a monotone.
"You don't believe in fated mates?"
Arya paused and looked at Talia for a long moment before responding.
"The idea of unconditional love is something I can't comprehend. Since I remember, people have been nice to me. They are smiling, eager to indulge me, but it's all skin deep. Only one truly cared about me as a person and showed interest in what I could do, and that's Alpha Cristian. He gave me a chance to rank up as a warrior while others said that a pretty girl like me shouldn't get her hands dirty because I might break a nail."
"You admire Alpha Cristian," Talia said.
