DIANA
Axel’s father looked at me with cold eyes. His voice was sharp and steady as he spoke.
“You claim to want my son so much,” he said. “But you’re still standing here, refusing to let him go, even when it will cost him his Alpha position?”
Afterwards, he paused for a second, like he wanted his words to sink in.
“What happened to that saying?” he continued. “If you love someone, let them go.”
His last words stung.
They didn’t sting because they were true. They stung because they were meant to hurt me. They were meant to shake me and to make me feel like I was selfish for wanting Axel.
I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. I didn’t know what to say right away.
I looked at Axel from the corner of my eye. He was standing still, with his arms crossed tightly over his chest.
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