JAMES
I could barely look at her, knowing the following words out of my mouth would be hard for both of us to swallow.
"I would love to be your mate, Zira, seriously, but…I…I…already have one."
"What!"
I could immediately feel a pull on my heart. I knew this wouldn't be easy, but I couldn't prolong it to make it even worse later on.
Zira looked at me, shocked, before quickly recovering to a blank expression. We stared at each other for a few more minutes, and I could see she was conversing with her wolf.
"Just great, James. Why not just rip her heart from her chest while you're at it," Deacon growled.
"Deacon-"
He quickly shut me out. We'd been arguing for the past week when I brought it to his attention that we would have to reject them. I didn't want to hurt her, but she
