"I think we should break up." My heart breaks as I say those words, but I don't take them back. It's for the best; there's too much between us, too many people fighting to tear us apart. A little voice in my head says that I'm letting them win, proving to them what everyone thinks, that Caspian and I cannot be together, but I push it down. One way or the other, it's going to end the same way, whether it's now or when he finds his mate.

"What?" he asks. "You're joking, right?"

I ...