I shook my head, but then waved my hands. “It’s impossible though.” I forced a laugh. “I’m not a queen…” I looked away from her. “And we must have scented each other properly at least once. Like you said, I probably just forgot.”
“Well, what did Rowan say whenever he scented you?” She looked at her hand. “When he smelled you and assumed your scent was real?”
“He always said that I smelled wrong. Same with Erubus when ever he scented Nix.”
My mom sucked in a breath through her teeth. “I want to lie to you to make yourself feel better, but if he thought your scent was wrong, or if you never smelled like his mate, he would have never released his scent to you, baby.”
I watched her for a minute. “So you’re saying we don’t actually know if we are mates or not?” She shook her head slowly. “Y
