EMMA

“I said no. I’m sorry, but I can’t.” I sidestepped, putting a couch between us in the library where Lucas had found me. Guilt wrapped around my heart at the look on Lucas’s face. I didn’t want to turn him down, but I needed to tell him the truth about me before I committed to binding us together. It wasn’t fair to him otherwise. “I... There’s something I need to tell you, but I can’t yet.”