Madeline’s POV
“You need to shift, my love,” Alpha Dimitri said softly. “We have all the time in the world to hold each other close.”
He smiled and took a small step back.
I couldn't focus on my wolf. I couldn't focus on anything else other than him.
I was in complete shock. I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest. The pain paralyzed me completely. I made my decision, but I was too weak and too scared to tell him.
I couldn't be his mate.
He was my step-brother. His mother and my father were mates. His mother verbally and sometimes even physically abused me for months. The woman who almost became his mate helped her. Everything and everyone was against us.
I didn’t want to stay in this pack from the moment I came here. I didn’t want to stay with the man
