“And even if it were not your hybrid status,” he whispers coldly. “I know all about the debts you have accumulated.”
My head jerks up at that.
“You think I’m going to expose my pack to someone like you? I don’t need loan sharks hunting down my pack mates because you go through money like water. You can barely feed yourself…what are you going to contribute to my pack? I don’t need the burden of a half wolf who can barely protect herself and stay on her feet.”
I stare at him, feeling numb inside now. “I see.”
He’s watching me, and I wonder if he’s waiting for the tears to shed.
But years of being beaten and ravaged like an animal by a mother who despised my tears has taught me how to hold them in.
He won’t get that satisfaction.
“Well.” I shrug, and it feels heavy. My whole bod
