Daphne's POV
I blinked back, once, twice, thrice till the world in front of me began to blur. I could no longer make out where the walls started and ended.
The colors of nature seemed to swirl together to form a huge mess right in the center. Either I was hallucinating and imagining things that weren't there or I was crying.
The slimy liquid that cascaded down my cheeks gave me my answer. Even after trying so hard, I couldn't stop the dam from breaking open. I felt my cheeks become wetter by the minute. I was sure I looked like a hot mess but I couldn't care any less, that was the least of my problems at the moment.
"I can't accept you as my mate." His words pulled at my chest. I felt my heart hammering against my rib cage like a bird trapped inside a cage. "I just can't."
How cou
