Edited. Ace’s P.O.V I wanted to give Cheyenne and Mercury the time and space they needed to talk, so I had decided to leave Mercury’s territory and come back to our pack house and I was currently sitting on our bed, waiting for her to come back. If Cheyenne was going to reject me then I was at least going to be on my own territory when she did it, but even though the thought of her rejecting me broke my heart, I wanted her to be happy and if Mercury made her happy then so be it. Although I had marked her as mine, neither of us had accepted each other just yet, so there was still a chance for her to leave and go back to Mercury. I tensed up when I heard the front door open and close, then her footsteps coming up the stairs to our room. Right then, this is it, I thought, preparing myself m

