Chapter 24 Meeting the family

• "I met Cassie at school. I had just turned 18, and I instantly knew she was my mate. She was a human." Alex paused," turning humans have been forbidden by the council unless they are mates. Even that is discouraged to a large extent, I wasn't sure what to do. First, I needed to approach her. Make her fall in love with me, then slowly explain to her about my abilities. It was going to be a long journey." Alex was speaking in a low voice as if talking to himself. Rosalie had to crane her neck to hear him. He smiled at her.
• "To cut the long story short, we dated for a few months. Humans don't feel the mate bond as strongly as us, but they do feel the pull. She liked me, and we started dating. It had been just a few months, she was going on a family trip.....there was a terrible accident on the highway. She died in that accident." He was breathing very hard as if reliving the depressing memory.
• "I am so sorry, Alex," Rosalie said, trying to ebb his pain. She could feel his grief through the mate bond.