pte

ra's

on't drop it. All the frustration from getting stalked and having the same mate as my

makes the conversation stop in the dining ha

feel my lips moving.

n see a bunch of cars making their way to the driveway. I panic for a while, but then I se

my day about her and

s seem to be happy, though. Why wouldn't they? I have alw

it there, I don't know. But it does feel better to just have

ou alr

ing off the bench. I thought it's Dad at first,

doing with my body right now. I just force a smile so he won't see my pain and disapp

im. "I'm just getting

ing to the spot in front of m

ust as he gets into the gazebo with me. "You can st

you to stay. I nee

eze.

so solid and uncomfortable but charged at the same time

"You felt that, right? When

mbarrass myself,

ing about what you're t

oo?" I whisper. "

No, it isn't just you

usional. He feels it too. He knows I'm his mate. I make a

s of building a relationship with you. I don't plan on breaking up with Margot to be with you. I al

e flippant, serious tone didn't help either. It's almost a physical pain, one that I can't ignore

d pass. All we need to do is sever the mate bond between us.

"How do I... ho

in front of each other, and he takes my right hand and plac

he Alpha Heir of the Black Dawn Pack, reject you a

happens. He looks at me expectantly, so I fi

ck, reject you as my mate, Mason Chase,

or, but mate bonds are strong. Mate bonds are like personal fields of gravity, just pulling and pull

yes, I feel the same. I

ction di

o. Soon enough, anger builds in his kind face

s me by the arm. "Why did