Dargan's POV
“I want to train more and see how far I could go before I settle down and start a family,” she continued as if I hadn’t spoken at all. “I never expected to find my mate. Or for him to accept me.”
She added the last part softly, but I knew it had been something she’d accepted a long time ago. Accepted that nobody would ever want her, because she didn’t have a wolf. Because she was always lacking and didn’t live up to everybody’s standards.
Their expectations…
I kissed her temple gently, wanting to reassure her that she’d never be lacking in my eyes. That to me, she was perfect in every way. But I didn’t know how to do that, so I just growled softly, calling her family idiots, not for the first time since meeting her. At that she grinned, and rested her hand on my chest, rea
