Damien's POV
I could see the conflict in her eyes. It was as if she wanted me, but something was still holding back. I knew it was not easy for her, but I didn't want her to use me as a means to move on.
I wanted her. And if course, I was going to claim her. But I needed her to want me too. Not because she needed to move on from her late mate or because she wanted to do it because she feels any kind of pressure from me. I wanted it to come from her heart. And I was willing to wait for her.
A part of me wondered how it would had been between us if I had been man enough to actually tell her my feelings back then. If I had wooed and claimed her then, I wondered if things would be different when her mate eventually came.
I felt like I had a second chance now, and that thought felt selfish
