Talia's POV

'What if I was also rejected by my partner?" I asked. I really do not know whether or not I want an answer to that. It would be very catastrophic. To imagine that it might be what could've killed me, and here I am, with a large chunk of my memory missing.


'There's only one way to find out." Karl says, suggestively. His smile is scary and annoying, but he's just being frank.

'I don't want to." I confessed.

'That's not news." He said, proudly. 'You want to remain in nowhere with a godforsaken roguish nobody?" He asked me.


Maybe he thinks that would have scared me, but it doesn't. I would rather hide here, or in a place ten times worse if getting back my memories is going to be opening a literal can of worms.

'I'm not going to give an answer to that." I have more pressing worries that go beyond just Kael. He was about to make this about him but I was not going to let it happen.


'Just do whatever." He said, finally.

'Exactly what I planned to do. Thanks for being of great help. I appreciate it." I replied, sarcastically.

'You're welcome." Kael does a fake courtesy after which he grabs his top and walks out of the house, leaving me and my scary thoughts.

But what sort of a life is this? Having my memory would have been a great fucking head start, or at least I should have been destined to meet my mate on rebirth.

Or is that what happened? Is Kael my mate? It can't be possible. If he was Isla's second chance mate, he shouldn't be my mate now that I'm in her body. He probably has a second chance mate somewhere out there.

'Hey Kara." I called out to my only company.

'Hi." She replied in my head, icily.

'Kara…?" I said, trying to break the ice.

In her defense, it's been a minute since we spoke. And in mine, I've been so preoccupied with Karl's drama and mine together. It's been one hell of a life and I barely even know the half of it.

'What do you think I should do, Kara?" I'm confused and pathetic and distraught. 'I keep pissing the only person I know off. It's just a matter of time before he decides he has had enough, both of us actually, and splitting and going our separate parts becomes necessary. What would I do then? I don't want to have to wait for that time to come." I'm near tears as I speak to her.

'I think everyday you close your eyes and wake up the next, you're one day closer to finding the answers you yearn for." She said in a compassionate tone.

'It's beginning to look like forever. Like if I don't take active steps I just might wind up like this, like Kael."

'Like Kael?" She asked. I'm even surprised she did because he is the reason she's angry with me in the first place, she should get what I'm talking about. 'Or with Kael?" I can sense the sarcasm in her tone. It was well played, she had me wondering for a minute.

'I don't know, or care, what you mean by that, Kara." I'm trying to not sound as frustrated as I really am. 'I really do not. I'm not even the me I used to be, I have to find out who Talia's was, what happened to her." I said to her, breaking down the cause of my crisis like she isn't going through what I am.

'But…" She's relentless, but I'm not in the mood for jokes.

'If you are not going to be of help, Kara, then I was just checking on you." I don't like how I sound, but I really am falling apart inside.

'Forget I said any of those." She apologized. 'I do not feel any bond with Kael's wolf, I don't think you guys would ever amount to anything romantic, I was just pulling your legs." She said, conclusively.

Is that true though? I mean, I feel butterflies in my belly when Kaels comes too close to me. I can't deny wanting his lips on mine sometimes, or fantasizing about his body would feel up close against mine in the dark and cold nights.

'What are you thinking about?" Her voice intrudes my thoughts. 'A way forward?" She teases.

'Mind your own business." I chided her playfully.

'You are my business." She replied. It was so goddamn reassuring. But I'm not about to admit that.

'Thank you." That's all I said.

'Do you think it would be such a bad idea to ask Kael about Isla?" I asked Kara. 'I know he's still really touchy about it and some questions are going to be pointy and personal, but to move forward with my life, I have to move forward with hers too. Till I know who Talia is, I'm just Isla." I said resignedly. I'm so sad I could cry, maybe even scream to let it out, but it's neither the place nor time. Not in Kaels house, and definitely not when I'm alone.

'You know that is what you are going to have to do, Talia." Sue said, sincerely. 'You want validation, and you are going to get it, but just because you need it." She continued.

'I love…"

'Shush…shush. Listen…" She protested, playfully rejecting my affection. 'You really do have to ask him. And I know you are scared and unsure about how he would react, but you can not control that. Also try to not make any consolation promises for him to hold on to as an incentive for helping you get your life back." Every single bit of what she said sounded smart, and apt. I know she read my mind.

'Thank you, Kara." I'm near tears as she raps out all her heart's content. 'I'm really scared though."

'What's the worst that could happen?" She asked me.

'He'd throw me out. Then I'd have nobody and no clue."I replied to her.

'That does sound bad." She says, contemplating. 'But it also depends on how you raise the issue." I think she is making sense.

Kael has been a loner, an outcast, and a rogue for way too long. He has lived by his own laws and principles. He now has company, and quite unfortunately for him, it's the body of his ex lover, without her mind and soul which he fell in love with.