(Isabella)
“However, I cannot accept you as my mate.” His words hung thick in the air, crashing down a wave of confusion on me.
"What?!" I burst out, pulling away from his intensity, instinctively creating distance between us as if that could shield me from the truth he wielded like a dagger.
"I cannot accept you as my mate, Isa," he repeated, the finality in his voice echoing like a death knell.
"Why?" I asked, desperation creeping into my tone as I searched his eyes for some sign of compassion, understanding, anything to explain this betrayal.
"I'm an Alpha; I need someone powerful beside me...not some hybrid who can't even shift," he spat, each syllable piercing straight through my heart, a spear thrust deep into my chest.
So he's found out about my identity. The aftermath was ine
