DJ's POV
“She is the only one, he yearns for,” he said, his voice so incredibly soft it felt like a caress against my very soul. “A love so true and pure, it goes beyond anything this world can understand. She’s also the only one who can give birth to true Lycans, but that is just secondary to the gift of happiness and peace she gives the Lycan she’s mated to.”
His eyes met mine and they swirled with emotions that I couldn’t define. The only thing I knew for sure was---
Only someone who had experienced it could talk like that…
“Do you---?” I asked, but my voice was weak, and my heart ached with every beat in my chest. “Do you have a mate?”
NO!
My soul was screaming at me and the rage that had been a living thing inside me before, was back, demanding to be free. Wanting to rip open my
