Knox stilled as realization dawned on him. "Carla and Lucian are anchors."
She nodded. "He never wanted the bond because anchors need to stay in contact; Lucian doesn't like attachments. But he had no problem sleeping with Carla and setting her aside. The problem was that Carla and her demon also wanted Lucian as a mate, but neither he nor his demon wanted them."
"He rejected her on two levels."
"Yes. And I can understand that must have hurt, despite that she had to have known in advance that Lucian didn't do commitment. And I can understand that her inner demon must have been enraged that the attachment it had formed to Lucian was only one-sided. It's really no surprise that Carla turned bitter and hateful towards him. But those feelings twisted her up so much inside that she abandoned her child simply because it reminded her of him and she wanted to hurt him."
