LISA
I cleared my throat and looked down, weighing everything that has happened and is still going on. Somehow, it didn’t seem like the right time to tell him he was any mate. Was he even really my mate if he rejected me immediately?
I thought of the little excitement I had felt when I realised he was my mate. How I thought he would protect me from all the bullies in the pack. Only for him to reject me.
Whatever I had felt at that minute, I couldn’t really depict it right now. I must have take too long to answer because Rhysand made a sound that was between a growl and a hum and he got up. I’d forgotten I was on his thigh and I almost toppled to the ground when he got up. Thankfully, he was faster than me, and he wrapped his arms around me before I could fall.
When he was sure I was st
