Max's POV: "So you're sure you're going to go ahead with this?" Mia asks me as I reach the reception hall on my way out of the pack house to go to work. I just grunt at her. I don't want to engage in this conversation. I had another sleepless night and I am dreading what I have to do today. I'm not sure how I am going to get Vee to accept the rejection. I guess I am just going to have to ask her. I don't know if she will feel the same pain. Based on how she has started feeling the sparks, I assume that she will feel something when the bond breaks. It makes this whole thing more difficult. I don't want to continue going through this daily torment, but I also don't want to hurt her. I have come to care for her deeply, but I assume that most of the feelings I have come from the mate bond.

