Her friends snickered, and I clenched my jaw but stayed quiet.
What do they think this is? High school?
Laura stepped closer. Too close.
“Silver, right? That's the name she's making the entire pack call you, isn’t it?” she said, smiling at him. “Did she tell you about her mate?”
My heart skipped as I immediately realized where she was going with this. “Laura, don’t,” I said in a warning tone.
But she didn't listen. She kept going.
“She was rejected. Yep. Her one true mate looked at her and said, ‘No thanks. I'm good.’ Said she wasn’t good enough. Can you imagine that? Your soulmate—choosing to walk away?”
Silver looked at me, confused. I didn’t say anything. I just stood still, my back straight, my face calm like everything was okay—even if it wasn’t. Even if I was a mess on the ins
