I’m simply not good enough. I’m simply not wolf enough.
Rita must have seen the tears in my eyes because she puts her hand on my knee, her voice distressed. “Sophia?”
I try to speak, but I don’t trust myself to say anything. It feels like somebody’s squeezing my heart so tight that I can barely draw in air. I get to my feet, stumbling a bit.
“I should go. I have to leave.”
“Sophia!” Rita calls out after me, but I don’t stop.
I hurry off with no destination in mind. I don’t want to go back to my apartment. I don’t want to have to look Alex in the eye and feel so small inside. All those words I used to say to myself about being enough sound false to my ears now. If I were enough, my fated mate would be standing by my side.
My steps are heavy as I make my way toward the beach, my only s
